Detection of T-DNA transfer to plant cells by A. tumefaciens virulence mutants using agroinfection

Summary To test whether virulence mutants of Agrobacterium tumefaciens are capable of promoting T-DNA transfer into plant cells, a tandem array of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (CaMV) DNA was cloned between T-region border sequences on a wide host range plasmid and introduced into various virulence mutants. The resulting strains were used to infect Brassica rapa cv. Just Right. This assay, recently referred to as agroinfection, is based on the appearance of viral symptoms following transfer of T-DNA to plant cells, and is shown to be at least 100 times more sensitive in detecting T-DNA transfer than tumour formation. Mutants in the loci vir A, B and G, which were avirulent on turnip, failed to induce virus symptoms. Of the two vir D mutants tested, neither induced tumours, but one was capable of inducing virus symptoms. Mutants in vir E, C and F, which induced respectively no, small and normal tumours on turnip, all induced virus symptoms.     

农杆菌介导的玉米遗传转化研究进展

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