Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transfer in sugar pine |
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Authors: | Carol A Loopstra Anne-Marie Stomp Ronald R Sederoff |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Forest Genetics, Pacific Southwest Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 245, 94701 Berkeley, CA, USA;(2) Department of Forestry, North Carolina State University, 27695-8008 Raleigh, NC, USA |
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Abstract: | DNA transfer using Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been demonstrated in sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana Dougl. Shoots derived from cytokinin-treated cotyledons formed galls after inoculation with A. tumefaciens strains containing the plasmid pTiBo542. A selectable marker, neomycin phosphotransferase II, conferring resistance to kanamycin, was transferred into sugar pine using a binary armed vector system. Callus proliferated from the galls grew without hormones and in some cases, kanamycin-resistant callus could be cultured. Southern blots provided evidence of physical transfer of T-DNA and the nptII gene. Expression of the nptII gene under control of the nos promoter was demonstrated by neomycin phosphotransferase assays. Several aspects of DNA transfer were similar to those previously observed in angiosperms transformed by A. tumefaciens. This is the first evidence for DNA transfer by Agrobacterium in this species and the first physical evidence for transfer in any pine. These results bring us closer to genetic engineering in this commercially important genus of forest trees. |
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Keywords: | Agrobacterium tumefaciens Bo542 DNA transfer gymnosperm NPTII Pinus lambertiana |
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