scholarly journals An efficient root transformation system for recalcitrant Vicia sativa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vy Nguyen ◽  
Iain R. Searle
Keyword(s):  
Hairy Roots ◽  
Functional Gene ◽  
Gene Analysis ◽  
Vicia Sativa ◽  
Transformation System ◽  
Common Vetch ◽  
Root Transformation ◽  
Functional Gene Analysis

AbstractCommon vetch (Vicia sativa) is a multi-purpose legume widely used in pasture and crop rotation systems. Vetch seeds have desirable nutritional characteristics and are often used to feed ruminant animals. Although transcriptomes are available for vetch, problems with genetic transformation and plant regeneration hinder functional gene studies in this legume species. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop an efficient and rapid hairy root transformation system for common vetch to facilitate functional gene analysis. We infected the hypocotyls of five-day old in vitro or in vivo, soil grown, seedlings with Agrobacterium rhizogenes and produced transformed hairy roots 28 days later at 24% and 43% efficiency, respectively. Seventy-nine percent of the hairy roots from the in vitro plants showed stable expression of a co-transformed marker β-glucuronidase (GUS). In summary, transgenic hairy roots were obtained within 28 days, and are sufficient to facilitate functional gene analysis in common vetch.

scholarly journals An Efficient Root Transformation System for Recalcitrant Vicia sativa

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vy Nguyen ◽  
Iain R. Searle
Keyword(s):  
Hairy Root ◽  
Hairy Roots ◽  
Functional Gene ◽  
Gene Analysis ◽  
Vicia Sativa ◽  
Transformation System ◽  
Common Vetch ◽  
Root Transformation ◽  
Functional Gene Analysis

Common vetch (Vicia sativa) is a multi-purpose legume widely used in pasture and crop rotation systems. Vetch seeds have desirable nutritional characteristics and are often used to feed ruminant animals. Although transcriptomes are available for vetch, problems with genetic transformation and plant regeneration hinder functional gene studies in this legume species. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a simple, efficient and rapid hairy root transformation system for common vetch to facilitate functional gene analysis. At first, we infected the hypocotyls of 5-day-old in vitro or in vivo, soil-grown seedlings with Rhizobium rhizogenes K599 using a stabbing method and produced transgenic hairy roots after 24 days at 19 and 50% efficiency, respectively. We later improved the hairy root transformation in vitro by infecting different explants (seedling, hypocotyl-epicotyl, and shoot) with R. rhizogenes. We observed hairy root formation at the highest efficiency in shoot and hypocotyl-epicotyl explants with 100 and 93% efficiency, respectively. In both cases, an average of four hairy roots per explant were obtained, and about 73 and 91% of hairy roots from shoot and hypocotyl-epicotyl, respectively, showed stable expression of a co-transformed marker β-glucuronidase (GUS). In summary, we developed a rapid, highly efficient, hairy root transformation method by using R. rhizogenes on vetch explants, which could facilitate functional gene analysis in common vetch.

scholarly journals Clonal sector analysis and cell ablation confirm a function for DORNROESCHEN-LIKE in founder cells and the vasculature in Arabidopsis

Planta ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 253 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothea Glowa ◽  
Petra Comelli ◽  
John W. Chandler ◽  
Wolfgang Werr
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Functional Gene ◽  
Gene Analysis ◽  
Cell Ablation ◽  
Sector Analysis ◽  
Founder Cells ◽  
Conventional Methods ◽  
Functional Gene Analysis ◽  
Lineage Analysis ◽  
In Cells

Abstract Main conclusion Inducible lineage analysis and cell ablation via conditional toxin expression in cells expressing the DORNRÖSCHEN-LIKE transcription factor represent an effective and complementary adjunct to conventional methods of functional gene analysis. Abstract Classical methods of functional gene analysis via mutational and expression studies possess inherent limitations, and therefore, the function of a large proportion of transcription factors remains unknown. We have employed two complementary, indirect methods to obtain functional information for the AP2/ERF transcription factor DORNRÖSCHEN-LIKE (DRNL), which is dynamically expressed in flowers and marks lateral organ founder cells. An inducible, two-component Cre–Lox system was used to express beta-glucuronidase GUS in cells expressing DRNL, to perform a sector analysis that reveals lineages of cells that transiently expressed DRNL throughout plant development. In a complementary approach, an inducible system was used to ablate cells expressing DRNL using diphtheria toxin A chain, to visualise the phenotypic consequences. These complementary analyses demonstrate that DRNL functionally marks founder cells of leaves and floral organs. Clonal sectors also included the vasculature of the leaves and petals, implicating a previously unidentified role for DRNL in provasculature development, which was confirmed in cotyledons by closer analysis of drnl mutants. Our findings demonstrate that inducible gene-specific lineage analysis and cell ablation via conditional toxin expression represent an effective and informative adjunct to conventional methods of functional gene analysis.

HAIRY ROOT TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM IN LARGE-SEEDED GRAIN LEGUMES

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.J. Siefkes-Boer ◽  
M.J. Noonan ◽  
D.W. Bullock ◽  
A.J. Conner
Keyword(s):  
Vicia Faba ◽  
Hairy Root ◽  
Hairy Roots ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Grain Legumes ◽  
Transformation System ◽  
Root Transformation ◽  
Specific Strain ◽  
Size And Morphology ◽  
Root Size

Hairy roots were produced on faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) plants by inoculation with Agrobacterium root-inducing strains. Examination of 14 plant genotypes and eight Agrobacterium strains in all possible combinations revealed specific strain/genotype interactions. Hairy root size and morphology differed substantially between faba bean and chickpea hairy roots. Sixty percent of chickpea hairy roots were 10–15 mm in length and forty percent, 15–25 mm. All were <1.0 mm in thickness. Sixty-three percent of faba bean hairy roots were 15–25 mm long and thirty-seven percent, 25–40 mm. All faba bean hairy roots were between 1.0 and 1.5 mm in thickness.

scholarly journals Functional gene analysis of individual response to challenge of SIVmac239 in M. mulatta PBMC culture

Virology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 348 (1) ◽  
pp. 242-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Thomas ◽  
Michael B. Agy ◽  
Sean C. Proll ◽  
Bryan W. Paeper ◽  
Yu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Gene ◽  
Gene Analysis ◽  
Individual Response ◽  
Pbmc Culture ◽  
Functional Gene Analysis
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