TRANSGENIC PLANTS OF TALL FESCUE (FESTUCA-ARUNDINACEA SCHREB) OBTAINED BY DIRECT GENE-TRANSFER TO PROTOPLASTS

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作者
WANG, ZY [1 ]
TAKAMIZO, T [1 ]
IGLESIAS, VA [1 ]
OSUSKY, M [1 ]
NAGEL, J [1 ]
POTRYKUS, I [1 ]
SPANGENBERG, G [1 ]
机构
[1] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL,INST PLANT SCI,CH-8092 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
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BIO-TECHNOLOGY | 1992年 / 10卷 / 06期
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10.1038/nbt0692-691
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Chimeric hygromycin phosphotransferase (hph) and phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (bar) genes were introduced, using polyethylene glycol treatment, into protoplasts isolated from embryogenic cell suspension cultures of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), a graminaceous plant that is an important forage crop in temperate pastures. Colonies resistant to either 200 mg/l hygromycin or 100 mg/l phosphinothricin, respectively, were recovered upon selection using bead-type culture systems. Stable integration of the transgenes in the genomes of plants regenerated from resistant callus clones was shown by Southern hybridization analysis. In situ hybridization of a labeled transgene-probe to metaphase chromosomes is shown for one transgenic primary regenerant. Expression of the transgenes in mature plants was demonstrated by HPH enzyme assay or by phosphinothricin-herbicide spraying.
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页码:691 / 699
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