Purification of Agrobacterium rhizogenes protein (GALLS) required for gene transfer to plants

Agrobacterium damages at least 1.4 million dollars worth of agriculture per year in California and Oregon alone.

Agrobacterium is the only known prokaryote to transfer genes to a eukaryote.

Agrobacterium is used to transfer DNA into plant cells

Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Agrobacterium rhizogenes infect wounded plants and transfer plasmid DNA (T-DNA) and virulence (Vir) proteins into plant cells.