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Craig M. Hart Bernt Fischer Jean-Marc Neuhaus Frederick Meins Jr 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1992,235(2-3):179-188
Summary The class I chitinases are vacuolar proteins implicated in the defense of plants against pathogens. Leaves of transgenic Nicotiana sylvestris plants homozygous for a chimeric tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) chitinase gene with Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (CaMV) 35S RNA expression signals usually accumulate high levels of chitinase relative to comparable leaves of non-transformed plants. Unexpectedly, some transgenic plants accumulated lower levels of chitinase than nontransformed plants. We call this phenomenon silencing. The incidence of silencing depends on the early rearing conditions of the plants. When grown to maturity in a greenhouse, 25% of plants raised as seedlings in closed culture vessels were of the silent type; none of the plants raised from seed in a greenhouse showed this phenotype. Silencing is also developmentally regulated. Plants showed three patterns of chitinase expression: uniformly high levels of expression in different leaves, uniformly low levels of expression in different leaves, and position-dependent silencing in which expression was uniform within individual leaves but varied in different leaves on the same plant. Heritability of the silent phenotype was examined in plants homozygous for the transgene. Some direct descendants exhibited a high-silent-high sequence of activity phenotypes in successive sexual generations, which cannot be explained by simple Mendelian inheritance. Taken together, the results indicate that silencing results from stable but potentially reversible states of gene expression that are not meiotically transmitted. Gene-specific measurements of chitinase and chitinase mRNA showed that silencing results from co-suppression, i.e. the inactivation of both host and transgene expression in trans. The silent state was not correlated with cytosine methylation of the transgene at the five restriction sites investigated.These authors have both made an equal contribution to this work 相似文献
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Molecular and genetic analysis of nitrite reductase co-suppression in transgenic tobacco plants 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Hervé Vaucheret Jean-Cristophe Palauqui Taline Elmayan Barbara Moffatt 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1995,248(3):311-317
Silencing ofNia host genes and transgenes (encoding nitrate reductase) was previously achieved by introducing into tobacco plants the tobaccoNia2 cDNA cloned downstream of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter. To check whetherNii host genes and transgenes (encoding nitrite reductase, the second enzyme of the nitrate assimilation pathway) were also susceptible to silencing, a transgene consisting of the tobaccoNii1 gene with two copies of the enhancer of the 35S promoter cloned 1 kb upstream of theNii promoter region was introduced into tobacco plants. Among nine independent transformants analysed, two showed silencing ofNii host genes and transgenes in some descendants after selfing, but never after back-crossing with wild-type plants, suggesting that silencing depends on the number of transgene loci and/or on certain allelic or ectopic combinations of transgene loci. In one transformant carrying a single transgene locus in a homozygous state, silencing was triggered in all progeny plants of each generation, 20 to 50 days after germination. Field trial analysis confirmed that silencing was not triggered when the transgene locus of this latter line was present in a hemizygous state. In addition, it was revealed that silencing can be triggered, albeit at low frequency and later during the development, when this transgene locus is brought into the presence of a non-allelic transgene locus by crossing, suggesting that a homozygous state is not absolutely required. 相似文献
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A synthetic scorpion Hector Insect Toxin (AaHIT) gene, under the control of a CaMV35S promoter, was cloned into cotton via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Southern blot analyses indicated that integration of the transgene varied from one to more than
three estimated copies per genome; seven homozygous transgenic lines with one copy of the T-DNA insert were then selected
by PCR and Southern blot analysis. AaHIT expression was from 0.02 to 0.43% of total soluble protein determined by western
blot. These homozygous transgenic lines killed larvae of cotton bollworm (Heliothis armigera) by 44–98%. The AaHIT gene could used therefore an alternative to Bt toxin and proteinase inhibitor genes for producing transgenic cotton crops
with effective control of bollworm. 相似文献
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Vasudevan A Oh TK Park JS Lakshmi SV Choi BK Kim SH Lee HJ Ji J Kim JH Ganapathi A Kim SC Choi CW 《Plant cell reports》2008,27(11):1731-1740
Two transgenic lines, of Nicotiana benthamiana expressing Turnip crinkle virus (TCV)-coat protein (CP) gene with contrasting phenotype, the highest (#3) and the lowest (#18) CP expressers, were selected
and challenged with the homologous TCV. The former, the highest expresser, showed nearly five times more CP expression than
the latter. Progenies of #3 and #18 lines showed 30 and 100% infection rates, respectively. The infected progenies of #3 line
showed mild and delayed symptom with TCV. This is a coat protein-mediated resistance (CP-MR), and its resistance level is
directly proportional to CP transgene expression. However, CP-MR of the transgenic plants was specific only for TCV but not
for heterologous viruses. Newly growing leaves of those infected progenies of #3 line did not show any visible symptoms at
4-week post-inoculation (wpi) with TCV, suggesting a reversal from infection. This was confirmed by RT-PCR analysis with the
disappearance of the target at 4 wpi. This is a case of RNA-mediated resistance, and a threshold level of transgene expression
may be needed to achieve the silent state. To confirm the RNA silencing, we infiltrated Agrobacterium carrying TCV-CP into leaves of progenies of #3 and performed RT-PCR analysis. The results indicate that TCV-CP’s suppressor
activity against RNA silencing itself can be silenced by the homologous expression of TCV-CP in the transgenic plants. The
transgenic plants containing TCV-CP seem to be a model system to study viral protection mediated by a combination of protein
and RNA silencing.
Ayyappan Vasudevan and Tae-Kyun Oh have contributed equally in this study. 相似文献
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Isabel M.G. Padilla Agnieszka Golis Adele Gentile Carmine Damiano Ralph Scorza 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2006,84(3):309-314
To determine the optimum conditions for Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer, peach explants including cotyledons, embryonic axes and hypocotyl slices from non-germinated seeds
and epicotyl internode slices from germinating seeds were exposed to Agrobacterium-mediated transformation treatments. The GUS (uidA) marker gene was tested using two different A. tumefaciens strains, three plasmids and four promoters [CaMV35s, (Aocs)3AmasPmas (“super-promoter”), mas-CaMV35s, and CAB]. GFP was tested with six A.␣tumefaciens strains, one plasmid (pLC101) and the doubleCaMV35s (dCaMV35s) promoter. The CaMV35s promoter produced more GUS expression
than the CAB promoter. A. tumefaciens strains EHA105 and LBA4404 harboring the same plasmid (pBIN19) differed in their effects on GUS expression suggesting an
interaction between A. tumefaciens strain and plasmid. A combination of A. tumefaciens EHA105, plasmid pBIN19 and the CaMV35s promoter produced the highest rates of transformation in peach epicotyl internodes
(56.8%), cotyledons (52.7%), leaves (20%), and embryonic axes (46.7%) as evaluated by the percentage of explants expressing
GUS 14 days after co-cultivation. GFP expression under the control of the dCaMV35s promoter was highest for internode explants
but only reached levels of 18–19%. When GFP-containing plasmid pCL101 was combined with each of five A. tumefaciens strains the highest levels of transformation were 20–21% (internode and cotyledons, respectively). When nine peach genotypes
were co-cultivated with A. tumefaciens strain EHA105 and GFP-containing plasmid pCL101 the highest levels of transformation were 26–28% (cotyledons and internodes,
respectively). While GFP represents a potentially useful transformation marker that allows the non-destructive evaluation
of transformation, rates of GFP transformation under the conditions of this study were low. It will be necessary to optimize
expression of this marker gene in peach. 相似文献
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Luo H Hu Q Nelson K Longo C Kausch AP Chandlee JM Wipff JK Fricker CR 《Plant cell reports》2004,22(9):645-652
Genetic transformation of creeping bentgrass mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been achieved. Embryogenic callus initiated from seeds (cv. Penn-A-4) was infected with an A. tumefaciens strain (LBA4404) harboring a super-binary vector that contained an herbicide-resistant bar gene driven either by the CaMV 35S promoter or a rice ubiquitin promoter. Plants were regenerated from 219 independent transformation events. The overall stable transformation efficiency ranged from 18% to 45%. Southern blot and genetic analysis confirmed transgene integration in the creeping bentgrass genome and normal transmission and stable expression of the transgene in the T1 generation. All independent transformation events carried one to three copies of the transgene, and a majority (60–65%) contained only a single copy of the foreign gene with no apparent rearrangements. We report here the successful use of Agrobacterium for the large-scale production of transgenic creeping bentgrass plants with a high frequency of a single-copy transgene insertion that exhibit stable inheritance patterns.Abbreviations
2,4-D:
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
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bar:
Bialaphos resistance gene
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GUS:
-Glucuronidase
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PPT:
Phosphinothricin
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ubi:
Ubiquitin
Communicated by J.M. Widholm 相似文献
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Kunz C Narangajavana J Jakowitsch J Park YD Delon TR Kovarik A Koukalová B van der Winden J Moscone E Aufsatz W Mette MF Matzke M Matzke AJ 《Plant molecular biology》2003,52(1):203-215
To test the influence of a Nicotiana tomentosiformis repetitive sequence (R8.3) on transgene expression in N. sylvestris and in N. sylvestris-N. tomentosiformis hybrids, the R8.3 sequence was placed upstream of a nopaline synthase promoter (NOSpro)-NPTII reporter gene in a T-DNA construct. A number of transgenic N. sylvestris lines were produced and in most, the NPTII gene was expressed. In one line, however, the NPTII gene became silenced and methylated in the NOSpro region. The silenced locus was able to trans-inactivate and induce methylation of two stably expressed transgene loci comprising a similar construct. Nucleotide sequence analyses of the three transgene loci revealed that they each contained a single incomplete copy of the T-DNA, which had sustained deletions of varying sizes in the R8.3 region. Paradoxically, the R8.3 DNA upstream of the two active, unmethylated NOSpro-NPTII genes was highly methylated, whereas the R8.3 DNA upstream of the silenced, methylated NOSpro-NPTII gene was less methylated. The methylated portions of the R8.3 sequence corresponded to retroelement remnants. An active NOSpro-NPTII gene downstream of a nearly intact R8.3 sequence did not become methylated in N. sylvestris-N. tomentosiformis hybrids. Thus, methylation in the R8.3 sequence did not spread into adjoining transgene promoters and the effect of the R8.3 dispersed repeat family on transgene expression was negligible. The silencing phenomena observed with the three single-copy transgene loci are discussed in the context of other possible triggers of silencing. 相似文献
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Analysis of the structural and functional properties of chromosomal DNA fragments of Streptococcus thermophilus ST128 delineated the promoter sequence STP2201 and identified its −35, −10 and Shine-Dalgarno regions. STP2201 was used in cloning vectors derived from small resident plasmids pER8 (2094 bp) and pER371 (2672 bp) of S. thermophilus strains to facilitate expression of a Streptomyces sp. marker gene (cholesterol oxidase) in lactic acid bacteria. Cell extracts of ST128 transformants converted up to 75% of
cholesterol into 4-cholesten-3-one during 8 h of incubation.
Received: 8 February 1997 / Accepted: 20 March 1997 相似文献
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Previous analysis of the repression of the silent mating type loci in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has linked the mechanism of silencing to the formation of a chromatin domain at the silenced loci. In this study, a TRP1 reporter gene was used to examine changes in chromatin structure in a neutral environment. This enabled the chromatin structure
organized by yeast silencers to be compared directly with changes effected by the yeast α2 repressor. It was found that silencers
mediate the formation of lengthy nuclease-resistant domains on the DNA, rather than specifically positioning nucleosomes over
promoter regions as the α2 repressor does. Silencing at the TRP1 reporter gene closely resembled silencing at the HMR and HML loci. Repression of the test gene was optimal when two silencers flanking the reporter gene were used, mimicking the situation
at the silent loci. In addition, both repression of the reporter gene and the formation of nuclease-resistant chromatin domains
was SIR4 dependent.
Received: 31 October 1996; in revised form: 6 March 1997 / Accepted: 25 March 1997 相似文献
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S. Mori E. Oka H. Umehara H. Kobayashi Y. Hoshi M. Kondo K. Ogata M. Nakano 《Biologia Plantarum》2008,52(3):513-516
Transgenic plants of Tricyrtis hirta carrying the intron-containing β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene under the control of the CaMV35S promoter have been cultivated
for two years. Four independent transgenic plants produced flowers 1–2 years after acclimatization, and all of them contained
one copy of the transgene as indicated by inverse polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. All the four transgenic plants
showed stable expression of the gus gene in leaves, stems, roots, tepals, stamens and pistils as indicated by histochemical and fluorometric GUS assays, although
differences in the GUS activity were observed among different organs of each transgenic plant. No apparent gus gene silencing was observed in transgenic T. hirta plants even after two years of cultivation. 相似文献