转基因植物中的标记基因研究新进展

Advances in the Study on Marker Genes in Transgenic Plants

文章综述了转基因植物中标记基因研究的新进展,主要包括以下3个方面:第一是采用共转化、位点特异性重组和转座子等技术对传统抗性标记基因进行消除,以利于对同一作物进行多次转基因操作;第二是完善各种已应用的以糖类代谢酶基因、耐胁迫酶类基因和绿色荧光蛋白基因等为安全标记基因的转化体系,并大力研究、开发潜在的汞离子还原酶基因、叶绿体合成关键酶基因等作为安全标记基因;第三是着力发展无标记基因、无载体骨架的简单高效转化体系。此外,还展望了安全标记的应用前景。

Plant transgenic engineering is becoming more and more important in the world. The safety of selectable marker genes in the transgenic plants has been noticed widely. The new advances of selectable markers in transgenic plants are reviewed in this paper in three aspects. The first is the establishment of transformation systems allowing resistant marker genes to be eliminated from the transgenic plants, including co-transformation, site-specific recombination and transposition, as well as other methods. In these ways, the transgenes can be inserted into transgenic plants more than once. The second is the utilization and development of bio-safe positively selective marker genes, mainly referred to the carbohydrates metabolism genes, the stress- resistant enzymatic genes and the green fluorescent protein(GFP) gene. At the same time, the mercuric reductase genes, the key genes for chloroplast synthesis and other genes should also be quickly developed as markers. The third is the establishment of marker-free and skelecton-free transformation vector systems, which are efficient and simple. The prospects in application of these novel methods, marker free and safe selectable markers are also viewed in the article.