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GrainGenes Reference Report: PRT-14-635

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Reference
PRT-14-635
Title
Use of paromomycin as a selective agent for oat transformation
Journal
Plant Cell Reports
Year
1995
Volume
14
Pages
635-640
Author
Torbert K
Rines H
Somers D
Abstract
Friable, embryogenic oat (Avena sativa L. tissue cultures were stably transformed with two different plasmids containing the E coli tn5 neomycin phosphotransferase II gene (npt II) Selection was accomplished using the antibiotic paromomycin sulfate following microprojectile bombardment From two independent experiments, 88 paromomycin-resistant tissue cultures were shown to be transgenic based on Southern blot analysis and detection of the neomycin phosphotransferase (NPT II) protein using ELISA Copy numbers of the npt II gene ranged from one to eight copies per haploid oat genome integrated into high molecular weight DNA of the paromomycin-resistant cultures. Plants were regenerated from 32 of the 88 transgenic tissue cultures. Plants from 17 of the 32 regenerable cultures exhibited fertility. Stable transformation was shown by segregation patterns of the NPT II protein in R1 seedlings produced from 16 fertile culture lines that were tested. The overall results demonstrate that the combination of the npt II gene and paromomycin provides efficient selection of transgenic oat tissue cultures. Oat plants transformed with the npt II gene present reduced ecological risk compared to the previously used herbicide-resistance selection system.
Keyword
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avena sativa
escherichia coli
fertility
gene expression
gene transfer
genes
genetic markers
genetic transformation
neomycin
npt-ii genes
paromomycin
phosphotransferases
plasmids
regenerative-ability
selection
tissue culture
transgenic-plants

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