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GrainGenes Reference Report: PRT-21-659

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Reference
PRT-21-659
Title
Factors influencing successful Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of wheat
Journal
Plant Cell Reports
Year
2003
Volume
21
Pages
659-668
Author
Wu H
Sparks C
Amoah B
Jones HD
Abstract
Summary: The development of a robust Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol for a recalcitrant species like bread wheat requires the identification and optimisation of the factors affecting T-DNA delivery and plant regeneration. We have used immature embryos from range of wheat varieties and the Agrobacterium strain AGL1 harbouring the pGreen-based plasmid pAL156, which contains a T-DNA incorporating the bar gene and a modified uidA (beta-glucuronidase) gene, to investigate and optimise major T-DNA delivery and tissue culture variables. Factors that produced significant differences in T-DNA delivery and regeneration included embryo size, duration of pre-culture, inoculation and co-cultivation, and the presence of acetosyringone and Silwet-L77 in the media. We fully describe a protocol that allowed efficient T-DNA delivery and gave rise to 44 morphologically normal, and fully fertile, stable transgenic plants in two wheat varieties. The transformation frequency ranged from 0.3% to 3.3%. Marker-gene expression and molecular analysis demonstrated that transgenes were integrated into the wheat genome and subsequently transmitted into progeny at Mendelian ratios
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acetosyringone
agrobacterium
agrobacterium tumefaciens
agrobacterium-mediated transformation
bar
bread
cocultivation
culture
difference
efficient
fertile
gene
genetic modification
genetic transformation
genome
hordeum vulgare
inoculation
mar
media
molecular analysis
plant regeneration
plant transformation
plasmid
progeny
protocol
ratios
regeneration
rice
strain
tissue
transformation
transformation frequency
transgene
transgenes
transgenic
triticum aestivum
uida
visual marker
wheat variety

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