Petti, Carloalberto and Wendt, Toni and Meade, Conor and Mullins, Ewen (2009) Evidence of genotype dependency within Agrobacterium tumefaciens in relation to the integration of vector backbone sequence in transgenic Phytophthora infestans-tolerant potato. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 107 (3). pp. 301-306. ISSN 1389-1723

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In this study the effect of Agrobacterium tumefaciens genotype of two strains AGL1 and LBA4404 was investigated in regard to the propensity for backbone integration during the transformation of potato for blight tolerance conferred by the resistant to blight (RB) gene carried by the vector pCLDO4541. A PCR based walking approach was employed to identify left and right backbone sequences as well as for selected genes carried on the plasmid backbone. It was found that adjacent to the left border insertion site, the integration of backbone sequence was greater for AGL1 than for LBA4404; however, the opposite was observed with regards to the right border T-DNA junction. Considering both T-DNA borders LBA4404 was found to have a two fold greater integration potential for backbone than the AGL1. The possibility of only backbone integration in T-DNA negative plants was also investigated with the average rate of integration between the two strains calculated at 4.2% with LBA4404 recording a three fold greater occurrence of backbone integration than AGL1. In summary, evidence of Agrobacterium genotype dependency showed that LBA4404 has greater potential to integrate non-T-DNA vector sequence than AGL1 and this should be taken into account when utilising the listed A. tumefaciens genotypes in generating transgenic potato. Additionally, the application of a PCR and primer walking system proved to be reliable and allows for fine detailed studies of backbone sequence integration of transgenic plant.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Agrobacterium; Transformation; Potato; Transgenic; RB; Backbone integration;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology
Item ID:	10933
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2008.11.012
Depositing User:	Dr. Conor Meade
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2019 16:08
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	https://www.sciencedirect.com
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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