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The phytopathogenic bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens genetically transforms plants by transferring a portion of the resident Ti-plasmid, the T-DNA, to the plant. Accompanying the T-DNA into the plant cell is a number of virulence (Vir) proteins. These proteins may aid in T-DNA transfer, nuclear targeting, and integration into the plant genome. Other virulence proteins on the bacterial surface form a pilus through which the T-DNA and the transferred proteins may translocate. Although the roles of these virulence proteins within the bacterium are relatively well understood, less is known about their roles in the plant cell. In addition, the role of plant-encoded proteins in the transformation process is virtually unknown. In this article, I review what is currently known about the functions of virulence and plant proteins in several aspects of the Agrobacterium transformation process.
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- Stanton B. Gelvin
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1392; e-mail:
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Pletsch M, de Araujo BS, Charlwood BV. Novel biotechnological approaches in environmental remediation research. Biotechnol Adv 1999; 17:679-87. [PMID: 14538122 DOI: 10.1016/s0734-9750(99)00028-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two novel approaches, the use of Agrobacterium-transformed plant roots and mycelia cultures of fungi, are considered as research tools in the study of the remediation of soil, groundwater, and biowastes. Transformed roots are excellent model systems for screening higher plants that are tolerant of various inorganic and organic pollutants, and for determining the role of the root matrix in the uptake and further metabolism of contaminants. Edible and/or medicinal fungi may also be natural environmental remediators. Liquid cultures of fungal mycelia are appropriate model systems with which to commence screening and biochemical studies in this under-researched area of biotransformation.
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- M Pletsch
- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, CCEN, Departamento de Química, Campus Universitário, Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-970 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
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Egnin M, Mora A, Prakash CS. Factors enhancing Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. PLANT : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1998; 34:310-318. [PMID: 11760772 DOI: 10.1007/bf02822740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Parameters enhancing Agrobacterium-mediated transfer of foreign genes to peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cells were investigated. An intron-containing beta-glucuronidase uidA (gusA) gene under the transcriptional control of CaMV 35S promoter served as a reporter. Transformation frequency was evaluated by scoring the number of sectors expressing GUS activity on leaf and epicotyl explants. The 'Valencia Select' market type cv. New Mexico was more amenable to Agrobacterium transformation than the 'runner' market type cultivars tested (Florunner, Georgia Runner, Sunrunner, or South Runner). The disarmed Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA101 was superior in facilitating the transfer of uidA gene to peanut cells compared to the disarmed strain C58. Rinsing of explants in half-strength Murashige-Skoog (MS) media prior to infection by Agrobacterium significantly increased the transformation efficiency. The use of cocultivation media containing high auxin [1.0 or 2.5 mg/l (4.53 micromolar or 11.31 micromolar) 2,4-D] and low cytokinin [0.25 or 0.5 mg/l (1.0 micromolar or 2.0 micromolar) BA] promoted higher transformation than either hormone-free or thidiazuron-containing medium. The polarity of the epicotyl during cocultivation was important; explants incubated in an inverted (vertically) manner followed by a vertically upright position resulted in improved transformation and shoot regeneration frequencies. Preculture of explants in MS basal medium or with 2.5 mg thidiazuron per l prior to infection drastically decreased the number of transformed zones. The optimized protocol was used to obtain transient transformation frequencies ranging from 12% to 36% for leaf explants, 15% to 42% for epicotyls. Initial evidence of transformation was obtained by polymerase chain reaction and subsequently confirmed by Southern analysis of regenerated plants.
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- M Egnin
- Center for Plant Biotechnology Research, College of Agricultural, Environmental and Natural Sciences, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama 36088, USA
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De Buck S, Jacobs A, Van Montagu M, Depicker A. Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation and cotransformation frequencies of Arabidopsis thaliana root explants and tobacco protoplasts. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 1998; 11:449-57. [PMID: 9612943 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.1998.11.6.449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In view of the recent finding that different T-DNAs tend to ligate and integrate as repeats at single chromosomal positions, the frequency of transformation and cotransformation was determined during cocultivation of Arabidopsis thaliana root explants and Nicotiana tabacum protoplasts with two Agrobacterium strains. The transformation frequency of unselected A. thaliana shoots was lower than 1% whereas that of cocultivated tobacco protoplasts was approximately 18%. The cotransformation frequencies, defined as the frequencies with which cells transformed with a first T-DNA contained a second unselected T-DNA, were approximately 40% reproducible, irrespective of the selection, the transformation frequency, and the plant system used. Extrapolation of these results suggests that at least two independently transferred T-DNAs were present in 64% of the transformed plant cells. Molecular analysis of cocultivated N. tabacum shoots regenerated on nonselective medium showed that only a few transformants had a silenced (2/46) or truncated (1/46) T-DNA. Therefore, most integrated T-DNAs expressed their selectable or screenable markers in primary transgenic plants. Remarkably, 10 to 30% of the selected A. thaliana shoots or progenies lost the T-DNA marker they were selected on. As these regenerants contained the unselected T-DNA with a high frequency (17%), these selected plants might result from the expression of unstable, transiently expressed T-DNAs. In conclusion, a significant part of the T-DNAs is lost from the transformed cells.
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- S De Buck
- Department of Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Roussy I, Dubois F, Sangwan RS, Sangwan-Norreel BS. In planta 2,3,5 truodobenzoic acid treatment promotes high frequency and routine in vitro regeneration of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 1996; 16:142-146. [PMID: 24177540 DOI: 10.1007/bf01890855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/1996] [Revised: 04/01/1996] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The effect ofin planta treatments with auxin inhibitors such as 2,3,5 triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA) on regeneration of plantsin vitro is not known. Here, we show the beneficial effect of preconditioning sugarbeet plants in the greenhouse with TIBA (3 mg/1) for efficientin vitro plant regeneration via a callus phase from cultured leaf explants. Without this treatment, no shoot developed on the control leaf-calluses. Several hundred plants were routinely regenerated using this protocol. More importantly, the number of shoots per explantcallus increased drastically over the subsequent subculture period. The most favorable media for callus induction contained a combination of an auxin and a cytokinin (0.1 mg/1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 1 mg/1 N-6 benzylaminopurine) or a cytokinin alone (2.2 mg/1 thidiazuron). However, only the callus derived from leaves of TIBA-treated genotypes and induced on thidiazuron-medium produced numerous shoots. Histological studies showed the formation of meristematic zones only in the organogenic callus developed on thidiazuron-coutaining medium. The analysis of peroxidase activity showed that the activity was higher for the TIBA-treated plants than for the untreated control plants.
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- I Roussy
- Laboratoire Androgenèse et Biotechnologie, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80039, Amiens cedex 01, France
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Hall RD, Riksen-Bruinsma T, Weyens GJ, Rosquin IJ, Denys PN, Evans IJ, Lathouwers JE, Lefèbvre MP, Dunwell JM, van Tunen A, Krens FA. A high efficiency technique for the generation of transgenic sugar beets from stomatal guard cells. Nat Biotechnol 1996; 14:1133-8. [PMID: 9631066 DOI: 10.1038/nbt0996-1133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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An optimized protocol has been developed for the efficient and rapid genetic modification of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). A polyethylene glycol-mediated DNA transformation technique could be applied to protoplast populations enriched specifically for a single totipotent cell type derived from stomatal guard cells, to achieve high transformation frequencies. Bialaphos resistance, conferred by the pat gene, produced a highly efficient selection system. The majority of plants were obtained within 8 to 9 weeks and were appropriate for plant breeding purposes. All were resistant to glufosinate-ammonium-based herbicides. Detailed genomic characterization has verified transgene integration, and progeny analysis showed Mendelian inheritance.
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- R D Hall
- Department of Cell Biology, DLO-Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research (CPRO-DLO), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Mihaljević S, Stipković S, Jelaska S. Increase of root induction in Pinus nigra explants using agrobacteria. PLANT CELL REPORTS 1996; 15:610-4. [PMID: 24178528 DOI: 10.1007/bf00232463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/1995] [Revised: 10/16/1995] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Wounding of explanted Pinus nigra primary explants followed by infection with Agrobacterium rhizogenes wild strains 8196, 15834, or with the pRiA4abc transconjugant strain of A. tumefaciens (C58 chromosomal background) resulted in adventitious root induction. Roots were formed in 60-97% of explants (1-3 roots/explant) but without a hairy root phenotype. The presence of T-DNA of pRi8196 or pRiA4abc in regenerated roots was confirmed by the opine (mannopinic acid) content. Transformation response was influenced by the bacterial strain, age of explant and period of co-cultivation. Both the aggregate state (liquid) of medium and the season of the year (spring) had a positive effect on the root induction and their development. Histological analysis of the transformed roots showed that complete elements of primary and secondary root structures were present but roots were always triarch or tetrarch in the central cylinder as opposed to the primary roots of the untransformed seedling wich are diarch.
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- S Mihaljević
- Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute Ruder Bošković, Bijenička 54, and University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated induction of adventitious rooting fromPinus contorta hypocotyls and the effect of 5-azacytidine on transgene activity. Transgenic Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01969425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The Embryo as a Tool for Genetic Engineering in Higher Plants. CURRENT ISSUES IN PLANT MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0307-7_36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ducrocq C, Sangwan RS, Sangwan-Norreel BS. Production of Agrobacterium-mediated transgenic fertile plants by direct somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos of Datura innoxia. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 25:995-1009. [PMID: 7919219 DOI: 10.1007/bf00014673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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This work describes a new method to obtain transgenic somatic embryos from Agrobacterium-infected immature zygotic embryos of Datura innoxia. It has several advantages over previous transformation methods such as the absence of a callus phase, an average transformation rate of 76% and a high regeneration frequency. Critical steps for optimal transformation were the embryo stage and a short preculture treatment. The marker gene beta-glucuronidase and light microscopy were used to identify the competent embryogenic cells which, after transformation, passed through the classical stages of embryo development. The transgenes were transmitted to the progeny in a Mendelian fashion. The plants regenerated via direct somatic embryogenesis were cytologically and morphologically uniform. We also observed that: (1) wounding or wound-induced divisions were not required for zygotic embryo transformation; (2) epidermal cells were competent for both transformation and regeneration; and (3) competency for Agrobacterium infection was developmental stage-specific. This new method should facilitate the development of new strategies to routinely transform recalcitrant plant species.
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- C Ducrocq
- Laboratoire Androgenèse et Biotechnologie, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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Brown S. Applications of Flow Cytometry in Plant Biology and Biotechnologies: Review and Perspectives. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 1994. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.1994.10818792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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de Kathen A, Jacobsen HJ. Transformation in Pea (Pisum sativum L.). BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-78037-0_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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