摘要:
A method is disclosed for producing a transgenic cotton plant by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of petiole tissue. The method comprises the steps of (a) obtaining cotton petiole explants, (b) exposing the petiole explants to a culture of Agrobacterium tumefaciens that harbors a vector comprising an exogenous gene and a selectable marker, the Agrobacterium being capable of effecting the stable transfer of the exogenous gene and selection agent resistance gene to the genome of the cells of the petiole explant, (c) culturing the petiole explants to induce callus formation, (d) selecting transformed callus that expresses the exogenous gene, (e) culturing the selected callus in suspension culture to induce formation of embryoids, (f) regenerating the embryoids into whole transgenic cotton plants.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of forming a core/shell nanocrystal of semiconductor material. Typically the core may comprise CdTe and the shell may be CdS. The shell is synthesised on the core in an aqueous solution. In the method, the previously synthesised cores are placed in the aqueous solution, reactants that form the shell and a thiol such as 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) are added, and the mixture is refluxed until the completion of the shell at the desired thickness. The synthesis of the shell is aided by the provision of an interface zone between the shell and core so that lattice mismatch between the core and shell is reduced. The interface zone may be produced using a method that provides a gradient alloyed core with increased levels of sulphur, for example, at the surface relative to the centre of the core. Alternatively the interface zone may be a separate layer on a homogenous core.
摘要:
Two strains of a novel bacterial species, Klebsiella singaporensis LX3 and LX21, are claimed. A nucleotide sequence (kis) encoding a novel form of isomaltulose synthase, KIS, is also claimed. Also claimed is a method for production of isomaltulose in a plant, which method comprises introducing into a cell of such plant a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an enzyme which converts sucrose into isomaltulose in a manner which allows said cell to express said nucleic acid sequence, as well as a functional cloning method of isolating nucleotide sequence encoding the KIS protein comprising the steps of (a) preparing a gene bank from a donor organism that contains a DNA sequence coding for an isomaltulose biosynthesis activity in a suitable host organism, (b) screening the clones of interest from the gene bank by their enhanced reducing sugar content, and (c) isolating the clones which contain a DNA coding for a protein with isomaltulose biosynthesis activity.
摘要:
This invention provides a gene, qsbA, which encodes a protein useful for inactivating certain bacterial quorum-sensing signal molecules (N-acyl homoserine lactones) which participate in bacterial virulence and biofilm differentiation pathways. This gene was isolated from Ralstonia sp., strain XJ12B. The invention also provides the QsbA protein, which possesses N-acyl homoserine lactone inactivating activity.