The plasmid has 196 genes that code for 195 proteins. There is no one structural RNA. The plasmid is 206,479 nucleotides long, the GC content is 56% and 81 per cent of the material is coding genes. There are no pseudogenes.
The modification of this plasmid is very important in the creation of transgenic plants, but only in dicotyledon plants.
References
Schell J, Van Montagu M., The Ti-plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a natural vector for the introduction of nif genes in plants?, Basic Life Sci. 1977;9:159-79.
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