Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a common soil bacterium that causes crown gall
disease on many dicotyledonous plant species. It has been exploited for use in genetic
engineering because it is able to promote transfer of any DNA segment to plant
chromosomes. Many molecular factors in both the plant and bacterium contribute...
The objective of this study was to identify and investigate the
underlying basis for the increasing volume of U.S. imports of fishery
products from 1958-1969. It was recognized that many institutional
constraints contributed to the high marginal cost of domestic harvesting
which placed the United States at a comparative disadvantage...