Studies on Arabidopsis -- Agrobacterium interaction


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Authors

  • N.P. ESWARA REDDY and M. MALLIKARJUNA REDDY Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Institute for Molecular Biology, Free University of Brussels, Paardenstraat 65, B-1640 St. Genesius Rode, Belgium

Keywords:

Arabidopsis thaliana, nopaline synthase, kanamycin, B-glucuronidase, methyalation

Abstract

The interaction of Agrobacterium tumefaciens with Arabidopsis thaliana C24 was investigated. A. tumefaciens infection gave a compatible interaction and produced the characteristic tumours. Induction of random beta-glucuronidase (gus) gene fusions intransgenic Arabidopsis after infection with A. tumefaciens was observed. Transgenic Arabidopsis lines At1082 and At1275 had increased GUS expression after infection with A. tumefaciens. A significant increase in GUS activity was observed in line At1082after infection with A. tumefaciens both in shoot cultures and suspension-cultured cells. Histochemical staining results showed that GUS expression was observed in vascular bundles of the leaves mainly above the site of infection. DNA analysis results showed the presence of a single T-DNA copy in transgenic lines At1082 and At1275. Stability experiment results suggested that in line At1082 the T-DNA markers, namely, glucuronidase, nopaline synthase and kanamycin were not stably expressed and had high fluctuations. Genetic analysis results among the progeny of line At1082 suggested that the T-DNA markers segregated independently showing 77% positive for nopaline synthase activity, 36% had GUS expression and 69% had kanamycin resistance. It is suggested that the instability expression of T-DNA markers could possibly be due to DNA methylation.

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Vol. 49 No. 3 (1996): Indian Phytopathology

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M. MALLIKARJUNA REDDY, N. E. R. and. (2002). Studies on Arabidopsis -- Agrobacterium interaction. Indian Phytopathology, 49(3), 213-226. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IPPJ/article/view/20075