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Generating Transgenic Plants with Single-copy Insertions Using BIBAC-GW Binary Vector
Published on: March 28, 2018
Genomic interspersions determine the size and complexity of transgene loci in transgenic plants produced by
1Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, Plant Molecular Genetics Institute, University of Minnesota, St Paul 55108, USA.
Abstract:
The structure of transgene loci in six transgenic allohexaploid oat (Avena sativa L.) lines produced using microprojectile bombardment was characterized using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on extended DNA fibers (fiber-FISH). The transgene loci in five lines were composed of multiple copies of delivered DNA interspersed with genomic DNA fragments ranging in size from ca. 3 kb to at least several hundred kilobases, and in greater numbers than detected using Southern blot analysis. Although Southern analysis predicted that the transgene locus in one line consisted of long tandem repeats of the delivered DNA, fiber-FISH revealed that the locus actually contained multiple genomic interspersions. These observations indicated that transgene locus size and structure were determined by the number of transgene copies and, possibly to a greater extent, the number and the length of interspersing genomic DNA sequences within the locus. Large genomic interspersions detected in several lines were most likely the products of chromosomal breakage induced either by tissue culture conditions or, more likely, by DNA delivery into the nucleus using microprojectile bombardment. We propose that copies of transgene along with other extrachromosomal DNA fragments are used as patches to repair double-strand breaks (DSBs) in the plant genome resulting in the formation of transgene loci.
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