摘要
An insecticidal protein gene isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis was transferred into maize by using ultrasonication. The fertile transgenic plants and their progeny were obtained. The Southern hybridization results indi-cated that the foreign gene had integrated into the maize genome. It has been found that the acoustic intensity and the duration of treatment are the important parameters influencing transformation efficiency by ultrasonication. The maxi-mum relative transformation frequency of 34. 1 % was achieved after 30 min of sonication at 0. 5 W/cm2 acoustic inten-sity. With appropriate parameters the ultrasonication ran make a number of micropores formed on the cell surface and minimize the treatment damage to the foreign DNA molecules, thus facilitating the DNA molecules to enter the cells.
An insecticidal protein gene isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis was transferred into maize by using ultrasonication. The fertile transgenic plants and their progeny were obtained. The Southern hybridization results indi-cated that the foreign gene had integrated into the maize genome. It has been found that the acoustic intensity and the duration of treatment are the important parameters influencing transformation efficiency by ultrasonication. The maxi-mum relative transformation frequency of 34. 1 % was achieved after 30 min of sonication at 0. 5 W/cm2 acoustic inten-sity. With appropriate parameters the ultrasonication ran make a number of micropores formed on the cell surface and minimize the treatment damage to the foreign DNA molecules, thus facilitating the DNA molecules to enter the cells.
基金
Project supported by "863" State High Technology Development Program.
