The development of plant gene engineering requires a simple, rapid and efficient system for genetic transformation. It is recently demonstrated that certain compounds, secreted by host plant cells, are capable of elic...The development of plant gene engineering requires a simple, rapid and efficient system for genetic transformation. It is recently demonstrated that certain compounds, secreted by host plant cells, are capable of eliciting the activation of Agrobacterium and Ti plasmid genes which are involved in promoting T-DNA transfer from the bacterium to the plant cell,展开更多
After the cultured cells from Hyoscyamus muticus + Nicotiana tabacum somatic hybridswere cocultivated with different virulent strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens harboringoctopine- type Ti plasmid or nopaline- type T...After the cultured cells from Hyoscyamus muticus + Nicotiana tabacum somatic hybridswere cocultivated with different virulent strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens harboringoctopine- type Ti plasmid or nopaline- type Ti plasmid using the transformation procedurein vitro developed in the present investigation, the TiT- DNA genes were introducedinto the host cells. The onc genes and ocs or nos genes located on TiT- DNA were expres-sed in transformed colonies derived from the cocultivated cells. Although the platingefficiencies of recipient cells were reduced by the agrobacterial treatment, the frequenciesof phytohormone autotrophy ranged from 33.9 to 76 .8% in the cells infected with viru-lent strains in hormone- free conditions, and the frequencies of opine synthase activityamounted to 9.7- 47 .5%. Teratomatous shoots were regenerated from the transformed col-onies. During the course of culture the shoots were no longer to lengthen when theygrew up to 1 -3 cm in length, and they could not be rooted. Following maintenance ?ofthe excised shoots on medium lacking hormones, further tumorous tissues were formedfrom their base sections. Some traits coded for by TiT- DNA were still retained in the leaftissues of regenerated shoots and the secondary tumorous tissues.展开更多
基金Present address: Biotechnology Research Center, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, PRC
文摘The development of plant gene engineering requires a simple, rapid and efficient system for genetic transformation. It is recently demonstrated that certain compounds, secreted by host plant cells, are capable of eliciting the activation of Agrobacterium and Ti plasmid genes which are involved in promoting T-DNA transfer from the bacterium to the plant cell,
基金Project supported by the Science Fund of the State Educational Committee. This work was finished in Lanzhou University.
文摘After the cultured cells from Hyoscyamus muticus + Nicotiana tabacum somatic hybridswere cocultivated with different virulent strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens harboringoctopine- type Ti plasmid or nopaline- type Ti plasmid using the transformation procedurein vitro developed in the present investigation, the TiT- DNA genes were introducedinto the host cells. The onc genes and ocs or nos genes located on TiT- DNA were expres-sed in transformed colonies derived from the cocultivated cells. Although the platingefficiencies of recipient cells were reduced by the agrobacterial treatment, the frequenciesof phytohormone autotrophy ranged from 33.9 to 76 .8% in the cells infected with viru-lent strains in hormone- free conditions, and the frequencies of opine synthase activityamounted to 9.7- 47 .5%. Teratomatous shoots were regenerated from the transformed col-onies. During the course of culture the shoots were no longer to lengthen when theygrew up to 1 -3 cm in length, and they could not be rooted. Following maintenance ?ofthe excised shoots on medium lacking hormones, further tumorous tissues were formedfrom their base sections. Some traits coded for by TiT- DNA were still retained in the leaftissues of regenerated shoots and the secondary tumorous tissues.
