摘要:
Disarming mutations of tmr and tms T-DNA genes are disclosed which are useful in an Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid-based plant transformation vector. As disarmed T-DNA is compatible with standard plant regeneration protocols, such a vector may be used to introduce a plant-expressible foreign gene into a dicot plant. Methods for use of disarmed T-DNA are provided as are morphologically normal transformed piants. The invention is exemplified by introduction of a Phaseolus vulgaris lectin gene into tobacco.
摘要:
The recombinant DNA plasmid comprises a vector, a promoter of a gene of a Rhizobium species, the gene coding for a product normally capable of activating nitrogen fixation, and a foreign structural gene or foreign DNA fragment under control of the promoter. The gene may, for example, be a fixD gene and the foreign structural gene may be a bacterial toxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis. Also disclosed are recombinant DNA plasmids comprising a vector, a promoter of a constitutively expressed gene, and a coding sequence of a gene which codes for a product capable of activating nitrogen fixation.
摘要:
It is disclosed that a promoter region that drives expression of a 1450 base T R transcript in octopine-type crown gall tumors can also promote expression of a foreign structural gene in bacteria. Use of this dual-purpose promoter region to drive expression of a single copy of a foreign structural gene in both plants and bacteria is taught. The construction of a selectable marker functional in eukaryotes and prokaryotes is exemplified, as are vectors useful in efforts to transform plants.
摘要:
The sequence of the T-DNA of the octopine-type Ti plasmid found in Agrobacterium tumefaciens ATCC 15955 is disclosed. Fourteen open reading frames bounded by eukaryotic promoters, ribosome binding sites, and polyadenylation sites were found. The use of promoters and polyadenylation sites from pTi15955 to control expression of foreign structural genes is taught, using as examples the structural genes for the Phaseolus vulgaris storage protein phaseolin, P. vulgaris lectin, thaumatin, and Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein. Vectors useful for manipulation of sequences of the structural genes and T-DNA are also provided.
摘要:
During the past ten years, the ability to splice DNA from a variety of sources into a recombinant DNA molecule and then to transfer such DNA molecules into different species of prokaryotes and eukaryotes has led to the most exciting revolution in the history of biology. Most of this work has involved the use of bacteria, fungi and animals. Plants have been relatively neglected primarily because suitable vectors were not available. Recently a number of possible vectors have become available but in their natural state they have not been efficient in the transfer and expression of genes from various sources to plant species. The present invention describes some novel discoveries which increase the usefulness of naturally occurring plant DNA vectors in the genetic engineering of plants.
摘要:
There is provided a bacterial strain containing and replicating therein a recombinant DNA plasmid comprising:
(a) a vector (b) a fragment of DNA controlling expression of a nitrogenase complex structural gene, and (c) a structural gene under control of said fragment of DNA.
摘要:
Hybrid plants and seeds are produced in increased yields. The process combines the techniques of sexual reproduction to develop new hybrids and seeds, and cloning of original parent plants to provide large scale replication of the original crosses. New hybrid seed varieties can be developed and readied for market in as little as three years, compared to the conventional eight to twelve years normally required for commercial production. Plant breeders are no longer limited to using homozygous parents in the production of new plant hybrids. The process provides a special advantage in the production of increased yields of high purity Brassica seeds. In this instance cloning parents that are maximally self-incompatible results in a parental line consisting of cloned plants that are essentially sib-incompatible; thus, the process eliminates the difficulties of conventional methods which require bud-pollination to maintain sib-incompatible parent lines through inbreeding.