A negative selection scheme for tobacco protoplast-derived cells expressing the T-DNA gene 2 |
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Authors: | A G Depicker A M Jacobs M C Van Montagu |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratorium voor Genetica, Rijksuniversiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium |
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Abstract: | The amido hydrolase encoded by the T-DNA gene 2 catalyzes the conversion of indole-acetamide, -naphthalene acetamide, and other substrate analogues into the corresponding auxins. As a result, only gene 2-expressing protoplast-derived tobacco cells can grow in medium containing low concentrations (0.2–1 M) of -naphthalene acetamide as auxin precursor. However, in a mixture of SR1 and SR1, gene 2
+ protoplast-derived cells, cross-feeding occurs and consequently no positive selection for gene 2 is obtained. A 100-times higher concentration of -naphthalene acetamide (between 30 and 300 M) provides a negative selection scheme. Only the tobacco cells expressing gene 2 are sensitive to the high naphthalene acetamide concentration and cannot grow to colonies, while cells lacking the gene 2 product regenerate calli even in mixed gene 2
+ and gene 2
– cell populations. Thus, gene 2 might provide a unique biochemically defined marker to investigate mutations and gene inactivation. |
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