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Generating Transgenic Plants with Single-copy Insertions Using BIBAC-GW Binary Vector
Published on: March 28, 2018
Improved Gateway binary vectors: high-performance vectors for creation of fusion constructs in transgenic analysis of
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa1, Takamasa Suzuki, Satoko Murata
1Department of Molecular and Functional Genomics, Center for Integrated Research in Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan. tnakagaw@life.shimane-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
We made a series of improved Gateway binary vectors (pGWBs) for plant transformation. Fifteen different reporters and tags, sGFP, GUS, LUC, EYFP, ECFP, G3GFP, mRFP, 6xHis, FLAG, 3xHA, 4xMyc, 10xMyc, GST, T7, and TAP, were employed. Some vectors carry the 2x35S-Omega promoter for higher-level expression. The kanamycin- and hygromycin-resistant markers are independently available for each of the 43 types of vectors, thus an additional transformation of once-transformed plants can be carried out easily. Their small size and high-copy number in Escherichia coli make possible easier handling at plasmid preparation and sequencing. Improved pGWBs should be a powerful tool for transgenic research in plants.
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