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Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens — a bacterium commonly used in plant biotechnology — they introduced the CRISPR molecules into poplar cells, where they temporarily performed genetic edits ...

During the peer-review process the editor and reviewers write an eLife assessment that summarises the significance of the findings reported in the article (on a scale ranging from landmark to useful) ...

fredii NGR234 in preventing NFR1- and NFR5-induced cell death in N. benthamiana leaves. (A) Agrobacterium strain harboring each effector gene or control empty vector (EV) were infiltrated into N.