The transformation of pea (Pisum sativum L.): applicable methods of Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer

Autor: Petra Matušková, Pavel Hanáček, Petra Krejčí, Vilém Reinöhl, Stanislav Procházka
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 29:157-163
ISSN: 1861-1664
0137-5881
Popis: Three methods of transformation of pea (Pisum sativum ssp. sativum L. var. medullare) were tested. The most efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated T-DNA transfer was obtained using embryonic segments from mature pea seeds as initial explants. The transformation procedure was based on the transfer of the T-DNA region with the reporter gene uidA and selection gene bar. The expression of β-glucuronidase (GUS) in the regenerated shoots was tested using the histochemical method and the shoots were selected on a medium containing phosphinothricin (PPT). The shoots of putative transformants were rooted and transferred to non-sterile conditions. Transient expression of the uidA gene in the tissues after co-cultivation and in the course of short-term shoot cultivation (confirmed by histochemical analysis of GUS and by RT-PCR of mRNA) was achieved; however, we have not yet succeeded in proving stable incorporation of the transgene in the analysed plants.
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