Can I purchase living Agrobacterium tumefacien with desired genes?

Subject: Can I purchase living Agrobacterium tumefacien with desired genes?

Date: Mon May 17 12:36:16 1999
Posted by Don Berini
Grade level: undergrad School: University of Central Florida
City: Oviedo State/Province: Fl Country: No country entered.
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 926962576.Ge

Message:


I was informed that you are able to splice lightning bug genes 
into plants. With the use of agrobacterium tumefaciens that 
contain the gene that enables lightning bugs to "glow" and a 
gene that gives an immunity to a specific chemical it is 
possible to produce glowing offsprings of certain plants through 
cloning. Can you give me more information about how this works?

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