Molecular validation of genetically transformed Catharanthus roseus plants via different strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Rania El-Tanbouly, Hend Hassan, Lojina M Awd, Azza Ali Makhlouf, Hani G Shalabi, Sarah El-Messeiry · 2024
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Rania El-Tanbouly and co-authors published this study in 2024. It works with Catharanthus roseus, the Madagascar periwinkle, a plant that makes prized cancer and blood pressure drugs. Breeding new plant lines uses a soil bacterium to insert genes, but results vary with the bacterial strain. The team compared three strains carrying a marker gene, inserted by syringe into plant tissue. They then checked the changed plants at the molecular level.
One strain, GV3101, changed the most plants, at about sixty-one percent. Yet its cuttings regrew the worst, at ten percent. Another strain changed fewer plants but regrew them well. Marker gene activity ran highest in the GV3101 plants. DNA fingerprint checks showed wide variation among the new lines. The authors suggest picking the strain to match the goal: change rate or regrowth.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rania El-Tanbouly, Hend Hassan, Lojina M Awd, Azza Ali Makhlouf, Hani G Shalabi, Sarah El-Messeiry |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |