Shorter T-DNA or additional virulence genes improve Agrobacterium-mediated transformation

被引:26
作者
Park, SH [1 ]
Lee, BM [1 ]
Salas, MG [1 ]
Srivatanakul, M [1 ]
Smith, RH [1 ]
机构
[1] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Soil & Crop Sci, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
关键词
Agrobacterium; rice; cotton; tobacco; virulence genes;
D O I
10.1007/s001220051575
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
The effect of additional virulence (vii) genes and size of plasmid T-DNA in Agrobacterium tumefaciens was investigated for their impact on transformation efficiency. Transformation efficiency in tobacco, cotton, and rice was increased when the T-DNA was 4.3 kb compared to 8.4 kb in size. However, when additional vir-G, virGN54D, virE, or virE/virG plasmids were included with the 8.4-kb T-DNA, transformation frequencies in all cases were increased over that of the shorter T-DNA without additional vir plasmids. The use of virE, virG or virGN54D copies enhanced transformation efficiency; however, the most significant increase of transformation efficiency in all three plant species was observed when the virE/virG plasmid was used for infection. The virE/vir-G plasmid dramatically enhanced the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer; moreover, this plasmid appears to have broad efficiency since it was consistently effective on two different dicotyledon species as well as a monocotyledon species.
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页码:1015 / 1020
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