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Two clones of Populus nigra L. were tested in vivo and in vitro for their susceptibility to three different Agrobacterium tumefaciens wild-type strains evaluating number and size of resulting calluses. Strain C58 proved to be the most virulent.Various parameters affecting Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of P. nigra clones were further analyzed using ß-glucuronidase gene transient expression. The clone Jean Pourtet proved to be more susceptible than the clone San Giorgio. A. tumefaciens strain A281 pKIWI105 proved to be the most virulent. The optimal procedure involved dipping of leaf discs into a bacterial suspension (7×108 cells/ml) for 20 min, followed by a 48 h co-cultivation period on semi-solid regeneration medium.Leaf explants were co-cultivated with two disarmed A. tumefaciens strains. Plantlets of San Giorgio were regenerated, tested for ß-glucuronidase activity and rooted on selective medium containing kanamycin. Polymerase chain reaction analysis and Southern blot hybridization confirmed the integration of the neomycin phosphotransferase II gene into the poplar genome.Abbreviations BAP
6-benzyl-aminopurine
- CaMV
Cauliflower Mosaic Virus
- 2,4-D
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- GUS and gus
ß-glucuronidase
- hpt
hygromycin phosphotransferase
- IBA
indole-3-butyric acid
- KIN
kinetin
- LB
Luria Bertani
- MS
Murashige and Skoog
- NAA
ßnaphthaleneacetic acid
- NOS
Nopaline synthase
- NPTII and nptII
neomycin phosphotransferase II
- PCR
Polymerase chain reaction
- PVC
poly-vinyl-cloride
- SDS
sodium dodecyl sulfate
- SSC
sodium cloride-sodium citrate
- Tris
tris(hydroxymethyl)amino-methane
- WPM
Woody Plant Medium 相似文献
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Summary Using an Agrobacterium tumefaciens binary vector (pAL4404, pBI131), we have demonstrated the transfer of the -glucuronidase gene into the flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) cultivar Glenelg after selection for kanamycin resistance. The transformed lines were obtained by inoculation and subsequent regeneration of hypocotyl segments. The callus that formed on the cut surfaces of the hypocotyl segments was isolated three weeks after infection and was subsequently subcultured to yield shoots. This procedure generated a large number of transgenic shoots over a relatively short period of time. The transformation efficiencies obtained were the highest reported so far for this plant species.Abbreviations 2,4-D, 2,4
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- GUS
glucuronidase
- MS
Murasbige and Skoog (1962) medium
- MU
4-methyl-umbelliferone
- MUG
4-methylumbelliferyl-glucuronide
- NPTII
neomycin phosphotransferase II
- PCR
polymerase chain reaction 相似文献
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Summary A procedure for the regeneration of fertile transgenic white mustard (Sinapis alba L.) is presented. The protocol is based on infection of stem explants of 7–9 day old plants with an Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain harboring a disarmed binary vector with chimeric genes encoding neomycin phosphotransferase and -glucuronidase. Shoots are regenerated from callus-forming explants within 3–4 weeks. Under selection, 10% of the explants with transgenic embryonic callus develop into fertile transgenic plants. Rooting shoots transferred to soil yield seeds within 14–16 weeks following transformation. Integration and expression of the T-DNA encoded marker genes was confirmed by histochemical glucuronidase assays and Southern-DNA hybridization using primary transformants and S1-progeny. The analysis showed stable integration and Mendelian inheritance of trans-genes in transformed Sinapis lines.Abbreviations BAP
6-benzylaminopurine
- CaMV
cauliflower mosaic virus
- GUS
-glucuronidase
- IBA
indole-3-butyric acid
- IM
infection medium
- NAA
1-naphthalene acetic acid
-
neo
gene encoding NPTII
- NPTII
neomycin phosphotransferase
- RIM
root-inducing medium
- SEM
shoot-elongation medium
- SIM
shoot-inducing medium
- t-nos
polyadenylation site of the nopaline synthase gene
-
uidA
gene encoding GUS
- WM
wash medium
- X-Gluc
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl -D-glucuronide 相似文献
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Cotyledon explants of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L., cv. Amarillo Oro) seedlings were co-cultivated with disarmed Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404 that contained the binary vector plasmid pBI121.1. The T-DNA region of this binary vector contains the Nopaline synthase/neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII) chimeric gene for kanamycin resistance and the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S/-glucuronidase (GUS) chimeric gene. After infection, the cotyledon pieces were placed in induction medium containing 100 mg/l kanamycin. Putative transformed shoots were obtained, followed by the development of morphologically normal plantlets. The transgenic nature of regenerants was demonstrated by polymerase chain reaction, Southern blot analysis, plant growth on medium selective for the transgene (NPTII) and expression of the co-transformed GUS gene. Factors affecting the transformation procedure are discussed.Abbreviations CaMV
Cauliflower Mosaic Virus
- Cf
Cefotaxime
- GUS
-glucuronidase
- Km
Kanamycin
- MS
Murashige and Skoog
- NOS
nopaline synthase
- NPTII
neomycin phosphotransferase II
- PCR
polymerase chain reaction 相似文献
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Teresa K. Orlikowska Harwood J. Cranston William E. Dyer 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》1995,40(1):85-91
The effects of co-cultivation conditions on transformation efficiency and direct shoot regeneration from seedling explants of safflower cv. Centennial were examined. Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA105/p35SGUSInt was more infective than LBA4404/pBI121 as determined by numbers of sectors expressing -glucuronidase activity. Compared to nontransformed controls, efficiency of direct shoot regeneration was markedly decreased by co-cultivation with EHA105 and the decrease exacerbated by addition of acetosyringone, indicating that a hypersensitive response to bacterial infection may reduce organogenetic potential. Likewise exposure of co-cultivated explants to kanamycin or geneticin in selective media reduced regeneration efficiency. Addition of 500 mg l-1 carbenicillin slightly increased numbers of regenerating shoots. Tranfformed shoots were obtained only when kanamycin selection was initiated 1 or 2 days after co-cultivation. Presence of transgenes in geneticin-resistant shoots was confirmed using polymerase chain reaction and Southern hybridization assays.Abbreviations AS
acetosyringone
- GUS
-glucuronidase
- MS
Murashige and Skoog (1962)
- NAA
naphthaleneacetic acid
- NPTII
neomycin phosphotransferase II
- PCR
polymerase chain reaction
- TDZ
thidiazuron 相似文献
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Summary Leaf disc transformation-regeneration technique was applied to the drought tolerant wild relative of cultivated tomato,Lycopersicon chilense, using a plasmid construct which contained the coding sequences of neomycin phosphotransferase (NPTII) and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) genes. The two genotypes used, LA2747 and LA1930, showed a distinct difference in their aptitude to transformation; a higher success rate was obtained for the first genotype in every stage of the process. Shoots were formed on the regeneration medium containing 100 g/ml kanamycin through direct or indirect organogenesis. Root formation became only possible when the concentration of kanamycin was reduced to 50 g/ml. Expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene was observed in all of the kanamycin-screened plants after they matured; the activity of the gene was absent or low in some of the young plants. The presence of the CAT gene in transgenic plants was further confirmed by Southern blot analysis. Although transgenic plants grew to maturity, they did not produce fruit, owing to the self incompatibility ofL. chilense.
Abbreviations BAP
6-benzylaminopurine
- CAT
chloramphenicol acetyltransferase
- 2,4-D
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- IAA
indole-3-acetic acid
- LB
Luria Broth
- EDTA
ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid 相似文献
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Genetic transformation of alfalfa somatic embryos and their clonal propagation through repetitive somatic embryogenesis 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Slavica Ninković Jovanka Miljuš-Djukić Mirjana Nešković 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》1995,42(3):255-260
Genetically transformed alfalfa (Medicago sativa L., cv. Zajearska 83) plantlets were obtained by inoculating somatic embryos with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains A281/pGA472 and LBA4404/pBI121. Single somatic embryos, 5–7 mm long, were released from a repetitively embryogenic culture, wounded, and cocultivated with the bacteria. The agar-solidified culture medium contained mineral salts, vitamins, 40 g l–1 sucrose, 1 g l–1 yeast extract and 0.05 mg l–1 BA. Five clones, transformed with A281/pGA472, and 4 clones transformed with LBA4404/pBI121, were selected for proliferation by repetitive somatic embryogenesis, on media containing 100 mg l–1 of kanamycin. The transformation of kanamycin-resistant clones was confirmed by assaying the activity of neomycin phosphotransferase II and/or -glucuronidase enzymes, and by the Southern blot analysis. It is suggested that the transformation/regeneration system based on somatic embryogenesis may be suitable for establishing transgenic alfalfa lines. The relatively low frequency of embryo transformation is compensated for by abundant proliferation in secondary somatic embryogenesis.Abbreviations BA
6-benzyladenine
- GUS
-glucuronidase
- Km
kanamycin
- NPTII
neomycin phosphotransferase II
- X-gluc
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl--glucuronic acid
- BM
basal medium 相似文献
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Iman El Mansouri José A. Mercado Victoriano Valpuesta José M. López-Aranda Fernando Pliego-Alfaro Miguel A. Quesada 《Plant cell reports》1996,15(8):642-646
Summary An efficient and reliable method for shoot regeneration from leaf disks of Fragaria vesca L. has been developed. This protocol has been successfully employed to obtain transformed plants using Agrobacterium tumefaciens as gene vector. Murashige and Skoog basal medium supplemented with benzyladenine (4 mg/l) and indole-3-butyric acid (0.25 mg/l) induced the maximum percentage of shoot regeneration (98%) and the highest number of shoot colonies per explant (4.6) after 8 weeks of culture. Isolated shoots would elongate and proliferate when the benzyladenine concentration was lowered to 0.5 mg/l. The established protocol for shoot regeneration was employed to transform leaf disks using Agrobacterium tumefaciens carrying the plasmid pBI121. A 7.7% of the inoculated explants showed kanamycin resistance after 10 weeks of selection in a medium containing 25 mg/l of this antibiotic. The transgenic shoots obtained were rooted in the presence of 25 mg/ kanamycin and successfully acclimatized. The final percentage of transformation obtained based on beta-glucuronidase expression was 6.9%.Abbreviations BA
benzyladenine
- IBA
indole-3-butyric acid
- MS
Murashige and Skoog basal medium
- LSD
least significant difference
- NOS
nopaline synthase promoter
- NPTII
neomycin phosphotransferase (EC 2.7.1.95)
- CaMV35S
cauliflower mosaic virus promoter
- GUS
beta-glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31)
- LB
Luria Broth base
- CTAB
hexadecil trimethyl ammonium bromide
- PCR
polymerase chain reaction
- X-gluc
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-glucuronide 相似文献
9.
Yamada Tsuyoshi Teraishi Masayoshi Hattori Kazumi Ishimoto Masao 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2001,67(1):47-54
Stable transformation and regeneration was developed for a grain legume, azuki bean (Vigna angularis Willd. Ohwi & Ohashi). Two constructs containing the neomycin phosphotransferase II gene (nptII) and either the -glucuronidase (GUS) gene or the modified green fluorescent protein [sGFP(S65T)] gene were introduced independently via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. After 2 days of co-cultivation on MS medium supplemented with 100 M acetosyringone and 10 mg l–1 6-benzyladenine, seedling epicotyl explants were placed on regeneration medium containing 100 mg l–1 kanamycin. Adventitious shoots developing from explant calli were excised onto rooting medium containing 100 mg l–1 kanamycin. Rooted shoots were excised and repeatedly selected on the same medium containing kanamycin. Surviving plants were transferred to soil and grown in a green house to produce viable seeds. This process took 5 to 7 months after co-cultivation. Molecular analysis confirmed the stable integration and expression of foreign genes. 相似文献
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Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sweet orange and regeneration of transgenic plants 总被引:7,自引:6,他引:1
Leandro Peña Magdalena Cervera José Juárez Antonio Navarro José A. Pina Nuria Durán-Vila Luis Navarro 《Plant cell reports》1995,14(10):616-619
Summary Transgenic sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) plants have been obtained by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer. An hypervirulent A. tumefaciens strain harboring a binary vector that contains the chimeric neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPT II) and ß-glucuronidase (GUS) genes was cocultivated with stem segments from in vivo grown seedlings. Shoots regenerated under kanamycin selection were harvested from the stem segments within 12 weeks. Shoot basal portions were assayed for GUS activity and the remaining portions were shoot tip grafted in vitro for production of plants. Integration of the GUS gene was confirmed by Southern analysis. This transformation procedure showed the highest transgenic plant production efficiency reported for Citrus.Abbreviations BA
benzyladenine
- CaMV
cauliflowermosaic virus
- GUS
ß-glucuronidase
- LB
Luria Broth
- MS
Murashige and Skoog
- NAA
naphthalenacetic acid
- NOS
nopaline synthase
- NPT II
neomycin phosphotransferase II
- PEG
polyethylene glycol
- RM
rooting medium
- SRM
shoot regeneration medium 相似文献
11.
Summary Leaf discs of C. intybus were inoculated with an Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain harboring a neomycin phosphotransferase (neo) gene for kanamycin resistance and a mutant acetolactate synthase gene (csr1-1) from Arabidopsis thaliana conferring resistance to sulfonylurea herbicides. A regeneration medium was optimized which permitted an efficient shoot regeneration from leaf discs. Transgenic shoots were selected on rooting medium containing 100 mg/l kanamycin sulfate. Integration of the csr1-1 gene into genomic DNA of kanamycin resistant chicory plants was confirmed by Southern blot hybridizations. Analysis of the selfed progenies (S1 and S2) of two independent transformed clones showed that kanamycin and chlorsulfuron resistances were inherited as dominant Mendelian traits. The method described here for producing transformed plants will allow new opportunities for chicory breeding. 相似文献
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An efficient system for Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Solanum gilo was established. The marker genes for kanamycin resistance and ß-glucuronidase expression were introduced. A comparison between cotyledon and hypocotyl explants showed that while regeneration was better from hypocotyl explants, cotyledon explants gave better transformation efficiency (46% vs. 32%). Four levels of kanamycin selection (100, 150, 200 and 250 mg/l) were tested for effect on transformation efficiency with each type of explant. Lower levels of kanamycin worked better using cotyledon explants, while higher levels of kanamycin worked better for hypocotyl explants. All nine t0 plants tested for expression of the kan
r
gene were positive. The progeny of three of these plants showed a pattern of classical Mendelian inheritance (3 to 1) for both the kan
r
and the ß-glucuronidase genes.Abbreviations MS
Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium
- 2,4-D
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- NPTII
neomycin phosphotransferase
- GUS
ß-glucuronidase 相似文献
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Regeneration and transformation of Ribes 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Transformation of the black currant cv. Ben More was achieved by utilising the binary vector system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. This system involved the inoculation of peeled internodal stem segments with A. tumefaciens strain LBA4404 containing the binary vector PBI121.X with the marker genes Betaglucuronidase (GUS) and neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII). Shoot regeneration occurred on nutrient media based on M&S salts. Transformation was confirmed by the fluorogenic assay procedure which determined that the GUS gene had been transferred into the plant material and was being expressed. Concurrent transfer of the NPTII gene into the plant material was also confirmed with a dot blot assay on selected GUS positive plantlets. 相似文献
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Harry J. Klee Maria B. Hayford Stephen G. Rogers 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1987,210(2):282-287
Summary Cloning of genes by transformation with genomic banks and rescue of a phenotype has been extensively used in bacterial systems. This approach has not been possible in plant systems because of the large genome sizes and poor transformation frequencies of most plant species. Recent advances in plant transformation permit the generation of large numbers of transformants in petunia. We have used this system to rescue a model gene encoding resistance to kanamycin by shotgun cloning. The gene encoding neomycin phosphotransferase (NPTII) was introduced into the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. A genomic bank of DNA from this tissue was constructed in a cosmid vector containing features which would allow its use in plant transformation. The unselected genomic bank was mobilized from Escherichia coli to A. tumefaciens and used to retransform petunia leaf discs. The rescued gene was identified by its ability to confer a kanamycin-resistant phenotype in petunia tissue. The presence of the NPTII gene was confirmed by nopaline assay and Southern blot analysis. This experiment demonstrates the feasibility of gene rescue, in certain circumstances, in plants. 相似文献
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High frequency shoot regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transfer in Canola (Brassica napus)
Muhammad Ramzan Khan Hamid Rashid Muhammad Ansar Zubeda Chaudry 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2003,75(3):223-231
Five different varieties of Brassica napus (Cyclone, Dunkled, Oscar, Rainbow and KS75) were tested for their regeneration response. Cyclone showed a very high frequency of regeneration (92%). The use of silver nitrate was a pre-requisite for efficient shoot regeneration. Hypocotyls were selected as the starting material for transformation experiments on the basis of high transient GUS expression. Explants were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium strain EHA101 harboring a binary vector pIG121Hm containing neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII) gene, conferring resistance to kanamycin, hygromycin phosphotransferase (HPT) gene, conferring resistance to hygromycin as selectable markers and -glucuronidase (GUS) gene as a reporter. Acetosyringone promoted the transformation but was not an absolute requirement. A pre-selection period of 7 days after co-cultivation was essential for successful transformation. Kanamycin was efficient selective agent for selection and maximum transformation efficiency was 24%. GUS activity was evident in leaf tissues. All the transgenic plants have an expected band of 0.43 kb fragment by PCR analysis confirming the presence of foreign DNA into plant genome. 相似文献
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A highly efficient transformation procedure was developed for Lobelia erinus. Leaf or cotyledon discs were inoculated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA105 harboring the binary vector plasmid pIG121Hm, which contains a -glucuronidase gene with an intron as a reporter gene and both the neomycin phosphotransferase II and hygromycin phosphotransferase genes as selectable markers. The hygromycin-resistant calli produced on the selection medium were transferred to MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l benzyladenine and 0.2 mg/l indole-3-acetic acid for regeneration of adventitious shoots. Transgenic plants were obtained as a result of the high regeneration rate of the transformed calli, which was as high as 83%. In contrast, no transgenic plant was obtained by the procedure of direct shoot formation following inoculation with A. tumefaciens. Transgenic plants flowered 3–4 months after transformation. Integration of the transgenes was detected using PCR and Southern blot analysis, which revealed that one to several copies were integrated into the genomes of the host plants. The transformation frequency at the stage of whole plants was very high—45% per inoculated disc.Abbreviations BA: 6-Benzyladenine - 2,4-D: 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - GUS: -Glucuronidase - IAA: Indole-3-acetic acidCommunicated by G.C. Phillips 相似文献
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Thomas W. Zimmerman Ralph Scorza 《Molecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement》1996,2(1):73-80
Exposed shoot meristems from normal and hyperhydric (vitrified) tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum, were bombarded with gold particles either coated with plasmid DNA containing neomycin phosphotransferase (NPTII), rolC and -glucuronidase (GUS) genes (plasmid pGA-GUSGFrolC) or left uncoated. Meristems bombarded with uncoated particles were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA 101 harboring the binary vector pGA-GUSGFrolC. Whole-plant transformants were produced from 4 of 40 hyperhydric meristems bombarded with uncoated particles followed by co-cultivation with A. tumefaciens. One transgenic plant was obtained from 40 normal, non-hyperhydric meristems treated. Transformation was verified by growth on kanamycin-containing medium, GUS assays, PCR, and Southern analysis. The plants tested through Southern analysis appeared to have 2 or more copies of the transgene insert. Seeds obtained from self-pollination of these transgenic plants segregated 3:1 or 15:1 (kanamycin resistant:sensitive) when germinated on medium containing 100 mg/l kanamycin, indicating transfer of foreign genes through the sexual cycle. Whole-plant transformants were not produced from 50 normal tobacco meristems bombarded with plasmid-coated gold particles and not exposed to engineered A. tumefaciens, but 1 plant of 60 bombarded hyperhydric meristems produced transgenic roots, the result of a chimera. We suggest that hyperhydric meristems are more readily transformed. 相似文献
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The efficiency of Vigna mungo L. Hepper transformation was significantly increased from an average of 1% to 6.5% by using shoot apices excised from embryonic axes precultured on 10 M benzyl-6-aminopurine (BAP) for 3 days and wounded prior to inoculation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA105 carrying the binary vector pCAMBIA2301, which contains a neomycin phosphotransferase gene (nptII) and a -glucuronidase (GUS) gene (gusA) interrupted by an intron. The transformed green shoots that were selected and rooted on medium containing kanamycin, and which tested positive for nptII gene by polymerase chain reaction, were established in soil to collect seeds. GUS activity was detected in whole T0 shoots and T1 seedlings. All T0 plants were morphologically normal, fertile and the majority of them transmitted transgenes in a 3:1 ratio to their progenies. Southern analysis of T1 plants showed integration of nptII into the plant genome. 相似文献
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<Emphasis Type="Italic">Agrobacterium</Emphasis>-mediated genetic transformation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Perilla frutescens</Emphasis> 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
A reproducible plant regeneration and an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation protocol were developed for Perilla frutescens (perilla). The largest number of adventitious shoots were induced directly without an intervening callus phase from hypocotyl explants on MS medium supplemented with 3.0 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (BA). The effects of preculture and extent of cocultivation were examined by assaying -glucuronidase (GUS) activity in explants infected with A. tumefaciens strain EHA105 harboring the plasmid pIG121-Hm. The highest number of GUS-positive explants were obtained from hypocotyl explants cocultured for 3 days with Agrobacterium without precultivation. Transgenic perilla plants were regenerated and selected on MS basal medium supplemented with 3.0 mg/l BA, 125 mg/l kanamycin, and 500 mg/l carbenicillin. The transformants were confirmed by PCR of the neomycin phosphotransferase II gene and genomic Southern hybridization analysis of the hygromycin phosphotransferase gene. The frequency of transformation from hypocotyls was about 1.4%, and the transformants showed normal growth and sexual compatibility by producing progenies. 相似文献
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Jayashree R Rekha K Venkatachalam P Uratsu SL Dandekar AM Kumari Jayasree P Kala RG Priya P Sushma Kumari S Sobha S Ashokan MP Sethuraj MR Thulaseedharan A 《Plant cell reports》2003,22(3):201-209
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation and the regeneration of transgenic plants was achieved in Hevea brasiliensis. Immature anther-derived calli were used to develop transgenic plants. These calli were co-cultured with A. tumefaciens harboring a plasmid vector containing the H. brasiliensis superoxide dismutase gene (HbSOD) under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter. The -glucuronidase gene (uidA) was used for screening and the neomycin phosphotransferase gene (nptII) was used for selection of the transformed calli. Factors such as co-cultivation time, co-cultivation media and kanamycin concentration were assessed to establish optimal conditions for the selection of transformed callus lines. Transformed calli surviving on medium containing 300 mg l-1 kanamycin showed a strong GUS-positive reaction. Somatic embryos were then regenerated from these transgenic calli on MS2 medium containing 2.0 mg l-1 spermine and 0.1 mg l-1 abscisic acid. Mature embryos were germinated and developed into plantlets on MS4 medium supplemented with 0.2 mg l-1 gibberellic acid, 0.2 mg l-1 kinetin (KIN) and 0.1 mg l-1 indole-3-acetic acid. A transformation frequency of 4% was achieved. The morphology of the transgenic plants was similar to that of untransformed plants. Histochemical GUS assay revealed the expression of the uidA gene in embryos as well as leaves of transgenic plants. The presence of the uidA, nptII and HbSOD genes in the Hevea genome was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction amplification and genomic Southern blot hybridization analyses.Communicated by L. Peña 相似文献