E. Messens, A. Lenaerts, R. Hedges
Mar 1, 1985
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The EMBO Journal
Abstract
We showed that phosphorus‐containing metabolites of crown gall tissues were all taken up by appropriate pTi+ agrobacteria. All but one were also taken up by pTi‐ bacteria. This one compound, produced by nopaline‐, but not by octopine‐type tumours, was the only phosphorylated organic compound actively secreted by healthy crown gall cells, and it appears to be agrocinopine A. Testing crown gall cell exudates may be a general procedure for the identification of opines by transformed plant cells.