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  • 1985-1989  (13)
  • 1955-1959  (12)
  • 1920-1924
  • gene transfer
  • genetic engineering
  • somatic hybridization
  • 1
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    Transgenic fish: present status and future directions (1989)
    Springer
    Fish physiology and biochemistry 7 (1989), S. 409-413 
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    ISSN: 1573-5168
    Keywords: gene transfer ; transgenic fish ; growth hormone ; antifreeze polypeptides
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Successful production of transgenic fish by gene transfer technology is a very important breakthrough in the techniques of genetic manipulation in animals. This will have an impact of an unprecedented scale in fish biology, aquaculture and mariculture. This is a summary of the workshop on the Transgenic Fish presented at this Symposium. The Workshop discussed the current knowledge, experimental difficulties and related topics of the transgenic fish. It recommended further research on better gene constructs, methods development, safety containment and the closer collaboration of researchers of different disciplines.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00004736
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  • 2
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    Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of somatic embryos as a method for the production of transgenic plants (1989)
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    Methods in cell science 12 (1989), S. 145-150 
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    ISSN: 1573-0603
    Keywords: Agrobacterium ; gene transfer ; somatic embryos ; walnut ; β-glucuronidase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary Somatic embryos have been successfully used as a target tissue for transformation and regeneration of transgenic walnut plants. Walnut somatic embryos, initiated originally from developing zygotic embryos, proliferate numerous secondary embryos from single cells in the epidermal layer. These single cells in intact somatic embryos are susceptible to transformation by genetically engineeredAgrobacterium tumefaciens and provide a means to regenerate nonchimeric transgenic plants. This gene transfer system has been made more efficient using, a) vector plasmids containing two marker genes encoding β-glucuronidase (GUS) and aminoglycoside phosphotransferase (APH(3′)II) and B) a more virulent strain ofAgrobacterium. This system should be applicable to any crop that undergoes repetitive embryogenesis from singleAgrobacterium-susceptible cells.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01404441
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  • 3
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    Breeding for herbicide resistance using molecular and cellular techniques (1989)
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    Euphytica 40 (1989), S. 173-180 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: Herbicide resistance ; plant transformation ; genetic engineering ; atrazine ; glyphosate ; sulphonylureas
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary The production of herbicide resistant plants using molecular and cellular techniques, including mutant selection, cloning, plant transformation and protoplast fusion, is discussed in relation to the mode of action of the herbicide as well as the alternative molecular strategies of modification of target protein, introduction of detoxifying system or overproduction of target protein. Successful attempts to modify the tolerance of plants to the herbicides atrazine, sulphonylureas, bromoxynil, glyphosate and phosphinothricin using cellular and molecular techniques are reviewed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023313
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    Recovery and development of parasexual fusion products inEnteromorpha linza (L.) J. Ag. (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) (1989)
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    Journal of applied phycology 1 (1989), S. 239-246 
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    ISSN: 1573-5176
    Keywords: Enteromorpha ; epifluorescence DNA determination ; genetic engineering ; parasexual fusion
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Newly released zoospores fromEnteromorpha linza (L.) J. Ag. lack significant cellulose cell wall material and are suitable for treatment as protoplasts in a parasexual fusion process using high pH-Ca+ +, PEG and centrifugation. Treated zoospores settled on glass cover slips within 3 h and were examined microscopically at 1000 ×. Presumptive fusion products were identified by their larger size and presence of twin chloroplasts and eyespots. Unfused zoospores adjacent to fusion cells were killed by 2–3 min exposure to blue light (410–490 nm) from a high pressure mercury illuminator. Unexposed fusion cells developed into uniseriate germlings within 10 days at which stage they could be readily identified at 60 × with a dissecting microscope and isolated by micropipette. Ten-day germlings from both unfused zoospores and fusion cells were stained with the DNA-localizing fluorochrome hydroethidine and relative nuclear DNA content determined with epi-(incident) UV illumination. All germlings were found to be uninucleate. Germlings from unfused zoospores had haploid nuclei with 1N = 10 and 1C and 2C levels of DNA, while germlings from fusion cells had diploid nuclei with 2N = 20 and 2C and 4C levels of DNA. These result are interpreted as evidence of karyogamy following parasexual zoospore fusions. Isolated diploid germlings, cultured for 10 weeks were found to conserve their 2N chromosome complements and elevated levels of nuclear DNA. Although most diploid germlings were morphologically similar to haploid control plants, some exhibited ‘gigas’ characteristics, including larger cells, chloroplasts, and nuclei. These results are discussed in terms of unique phenotypes that result when nuclear and organellar genes are combined in different ways.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00003649
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  • 5
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    Loss of CMS-specific mitochondrial DNA arrangement in fertile segregants of Petunia hybrids (1988)
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    Plant molecular biology 11 (1988), S. 249-253 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: cytoplasmic sorting out ; somatic hybridization
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The progeny of somatic hybrid Petunia plants derived from the fusion of a male-fertile line and a cytoplasmic male-sterile (cms) line were examined. Male-fertile progeny derived from three different male-sterile somatic hybrid plants did not exhibit the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) arrangement which has previously been correlated with cms in Petunia. The cms-associated mtDNA arrangement was present in the male-sterile predecessors of these fertile revertants. Thus, it is concluded that the loss of this mtDNA arrangement is associated with reversion to fertility in the progeny of the unstable somatic hybrid petunia plants.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00027382
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    Simultaneous transfer of tumorigenic and metastatic phenotypes by transfection with genomic DNA from a human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (1988)
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 36 (1988), S. 137-146 
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: tumorigenicity ; metastasis ; ha-ras ; oncogene ; gene transfer ; skin cancer ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: High-molecular-weight genomic DNA isolated from a human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (AS) was assayed for its ability to induce tumorigenic transformation of NIH 3T3 cells. Subcutaneous injection of NIH 3T3 cells cotransfected with DNAs from AS tumor and pSV2-neo plasmid not only induced tumors at the site of injection, but also metastasized spontaneously to the lungs in 100% of nude mice injected. DNA isolated from a representative primary tumor and a metastasis was again used in a second round of transfection. Injection of secondary transfectants into nude mice again resulted in induction of both subcutaneous tumors and spontaneous long metastases. Southern blot hybridization with ras-specific probes revealed that DNA from both primary tumors and metastases induced by AS tumor DNA contained highly amplified Ha-ras oncogene. Furthermore, DNAs from secondary tumors and metastases induced by DNA from a primary tumor and a metastasis also contained similar highly amplified Ha-ras oncogene. These results suggest that the amplified Ha-ras oncogene may be responsible for induction of both tumorigenic and metastatic phenotypes in NIH 3T3 cells transfected with DNA from AS tumor.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcb.240360205
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  • 7
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    Transformation of the forage legume Trifolium repens L. using binary Agrobacterium vectors (1987)
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    Plant molecular biology 8 (1987), S. 461-469 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: Agrobacterium tumefaciens ; binary vectors ; gene transfer ; kanamycin resistance ; legume transformation ; Trifolium repens
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A system was established for introducing cloned genes into white clover (Trifolium repens L.). A high regeneration white clover genotype was transformed with binary Agrobacterium vectors containing a chimaeric gene which confers kanamycin resistance. Transformed kanamycin resistant callus was obtained by culturing Agrobacterium inoculated stolon internode segments on selective medium. The kanamycin resistance phenotype was stable in cells and in regenerated shoots. Transformation was confirmed by the expression of an unselected gene, nopaline synthase in selected cells and transgenic shoots and by the detection of neomycin phosphotransferase II enzymatic activity in kanamycin resistant cells. Integration of vector DNA sequences into plant DNA was demonstrated by Southern blot hybridisation.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00017991
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  • 8
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    Ri-plasmid as a helper for introducing vector DNA into alfalfa plants (1987)
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    Plant molecular biology 8 (1987), S. 209-216 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: hairy root ; gene transfer
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Genetic engineering of legumes and other important dicotyledonous plants is limited because of the difficulty of regenerating plants via cell culture. Since a considerable number of crop plants can be regenerated only from root culture, the introduction of foreign genes into Agrobacterium rhizogenes-induced hairy roots may expand the list of crop plants that could be genetically engineered. Here we report genetic transformation of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a valuable forage legume, using a virulent strain of Agrobacterium rhizogenes containing, in addition to its Ri-plasmid, a binary vector containing a nopaline synthase gene. Plant cells transformed by this vector can be easily identified by their ability to produce nopaline. Transformed alfalfa plants were recovered from A. rhizogenes-induced hairy roots. These transgenic plants were characterized by normal leaf morphology and stem growth but a root system that was shallow and more extensive than normal. These plants were also fertile, set seeds upon self-pollination and outcrossing. Nopaline was detected in R1 progeny. Southern blot analysis confirmed the presence of multiple copies of T-DNAs from the Riplasmid in the plant genome in addition to the vector T-DNA.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00015029
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  • 9
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    A vector for the site-directed, genomic integration of foreign DNA into soybean root-nodule bacteria (1987)
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    Plant molecular biology 9 (1987), S. 41-50 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: Bradyrhizobium ; gene transfer ; nitrogen fixation ; plasmid ; root-nodule symbiosis ; vector construction
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A non-essential DNA region carrying two different repeated sequences (RSβ3 and RSα9) adjacent to a nitrogen fixation (nif) gene cluster has been identified previously in Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain 110. In closely related B. japonicum strains a similar genomic arrangement was found. We constructed a mobilizable plasmid vector carrying RSβ3 and RSα9, and a kanamycin resistance cassette (nptII gene) plus suitable cloning sites inserted between the two repeated sequences. Using this vector (pRJ1035), stable integration of a lacZ gene fusion into the B. japonicum genomic RS region was achieved. The resulting strain yielded more than 10-fold higher β-galactosidase activity in soybean root nodules as compared to a B. japonicum strain carrying the same lacZ fusion on a pRK290-based plasmid.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00017985
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    Tryptophan accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the influence of an artificial yeast TRP gene cluster (1987)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Yeast 3 (1987), S. 95-105 
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    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Keywords: Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; tryptophan accumulation ; genetic engineering ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Plasmid pME559, carrying all five yeast TRP genes, was constructed. This plasmid is a yeast/Escherichia coli shuttle vector based on pBR322 and 2 μm-DNA sequences derived from plasmid pJDB207. We studied in yeast (i) the stability of the plasmid under selective and non-selective conditions, (ii) expression of all five TRP genes and (iii) tryptophan accumulation in yeast transformants. These studies were conducted in comparison with an earlier construction, pME554, which differs from plasmid pME559 in the expression of the TRP1 gene and which carries the TRP2 wild type instead of the TRP2fbr mutant allele. For stable maintenance of the plasmids in yeast a selection was necessary. Plasmid pME559 displayed normal expression of all TRP genes, and enzyme levels on average 23-fold higher than in the wild type strain were found. In comparison, the maximal tryptophan flux observed in such a plasmid-carrying strain was about ten-fold higher than the maximal flux capacity in the wild type strain.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/yea.320030206
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    The role of somatic cell genetics in human gene mapping (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 1128-1137 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Cell fusion ; cell hybrids ; gene transfer ; human genome ; mapping
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01941287
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    Isolation and characterization of native human renin derived from Chinese hamster ovary cells (1986)
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 1 (1986), S. 139-145 
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    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Keywords: hypertension ; renin production ; mammalian expression ; affinity chromatography ; genetic engineering ; prorenin secretion ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Transfection of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells with a plasmid containing the cDNA for human preprorenin has provided cell lines that secrete 15 mg of native prorenin per liter of culture medium. Tryptic activation of the prorenin occurs by selective cleavage of the Arg66-Leu67 bond (numbering as in preprorenin). The renin product, purified in a single step and in high yield by affinity chromatography, is fully stable for as long as 8 months when stored in solution at 4°C and pH 6.5. Purity of the renin was judged to be greater than 95% by gel electrophoresis, compositional and N-terminal sequence analyses, and specific enzyme activity. An important aspect of the present work is the development of a direct assay for renin which permits accurate and reproducible evaluation of enzyme units and kinetic parameters. Application of methods described herein, combined with appropriate scale-up fermentation capabilities, provides the means for generating gram quantities of human renin and its zymogen.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.340010206
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  • 13
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    Plant-virus-based vectors for gene transfer will be of limited use because of the high error frequency during viral RNA synthesis (1985)
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    Plant molecular biology 4 (1985), S. 323-326 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: mutation frequency ; viruses ; RNA synthesis ; genetic engineering
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The error frequency during the RNA replication of alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) was calculated to be significantly higher than 10−5. It may be expected that RNA synthesis in general will have low fidelity compared to DNA synthesis. The low fidelity of RNA replication will severely restrict the usefulness of vectors for genetic engineering which are based on RNA viruses, viroids or DNA viruses which are replicated via an RNA intermediate (e.g. caulimoviruses). Spontaneous mutants selected by host shift were found to be much less stable than UV-induced mutants. This difference points to variations in fidelity during RNA synthesis, probably due to the local sequence of the template.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02418253
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    Genetic engineering of Indica rice in support of sustained production of affordable and high quality food in developing countries (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 441-449 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: Oryza sativa ; Indica-type rice ; genetic engineering ; vitamin A endosperm ; insect resistance ; virus resistance ; fungus resistance ; essential amino acids
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary Indica-type rice provides the staple food for two billion people in Third World countries. Several problems involved in the stable and sustained production of high quality food cannot be solved by traditional breeding. Methods have been established for gene transfer to Indica rice breeding lines to study possible contributions from genetic engineering. Experiments are in progress on the development of transgenic resistance towards Yellow Stem Borer, resistance towards Rice Tungro Virus, accumulation of provitamin A in the endosperm, increase of essential amino acids in the endosperm such as lysine, cysteine and methionine and resistance towards fungal pests such as Rice Blast and Sheath Blight. Transgenic clones from Indica rice breeding lines have been recovered from several of the approaches mentioned, some of which have been regenerated to plants.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023978
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    The integration of protoplast fusion-derived material into a potato breeding programme — a review of progress and problems (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 451-455 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: Solanum tuberosum ; somatic hybridization ; regeneration ; asymmetric fusion
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary This paper reviews investigations into the application of protoplast fusion to the genetic and agronomic improvement of potato. Fusion studies involving Solanum tuberosum are reviewed under the categories of: fusion with wild relatives, dihaploid fusion and asymmetric strategies. The selection and characterisation of putative somatic hybrid material is identified as a critical stage in the process and certain specific aspects of this technology are identified. Future prospects for the wider uptake and integration of these techniques into breeding programmes are also discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023979
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    Sexual and somatic hybridization in the genus Lactuca (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 281-285 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: Lactuca sativa ; Lactuca virosa ; Lactuca tatarica ; Lactuca perennis ; Iettuce ; sexual hybridization ; embryo rescue ; somatic hybridization ; protoplast fusion
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary Various genes for disease resistance identified in wild Lactuca are difficult, even impossible to exploit in lettuce breeding, due to sexual incompatibility between L. sativa and wild Lactuca sp. We adapted two cellular biology techniques to overcome these interspecific barriers: in vitro embryo rescue and protoplast fusion. In vitro rescue of immature embryos was used successfully for sexual hybridization between L. sativa and L. virosa. Vigorous hybrid plants were produced between L. sativa and seven accessions of L. virosa. Protoplast fusion permitted the regeneration of somatic hybrids between L. sativa and either L. tatarica or L. perennis. Hybrids between L. sativa and L. tatarica were backcrossed to L. sativa.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023957
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    The application of chemical mutagenesis and biotechnology to the modification of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 317-321 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: Linum usitatissimum ; linseed ; mutation breeding ; somaclonal variation ; fatty acids ; genetic engineering
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary In the early 1980s the phenomenon of somaclonal variation induced by cell culture was exploited to produce genetic variation in linseed. The linseed variety Andro, derived from the widely grown Canadian variety McGregor, was selected in saline culture and was released for production in Canada. ‘Andro’ possesses traits very different from its parent, such as increased seedling vigour and tolerance to heat stress. Additional stable somaclonal variation in characters such as yield, days to maturity, seed weight and oil content were subsequently induced in ‘McGregor’. However, despite extensive screening of the somaclonal variants, no significant variation in the fatty acid profile was found. Chemical mutagenesis using ethyl methanesulphonate was, however, succesful in modifying the fatty acid profile of McGregor. Initial screening of M2 seed by the thiobarbituric acid colourimetric procedure was followed by gas chromatography to select half-seeds with atypical fatty acid profiles. Two independent, partially dominant genes were identified that were responsible for reducing the linolenic acid (18 : 3) from 50% to 2% while increasing linoleic acid (18 : 2) to 70%. A single, partially dominant gene, inherited independently of the linolenic acid genes, increased palmitic acid (16 : 0) from 7% to 30% and palmitoleic acid (16 : 1) from trace amounts to 4%. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of linseed has also been successful. Herbicide tolerance genes for glyphosate, sulfonylurea and phosphinothricin have been incorporated into Canadian varieties. Commercially useful levels of tolerance to sulfonylurea herbicides have been achieved with no adverse agronomic affect. It is expected that a transgenic variety containing this resistance will be registered for commercial production in Canada in 1994. Standard breeding techniques, the application of antisense technology and the overexpression of fatty acid synthesis genes are being used to further modify the fatty acid profile of linseed, as well as for the transfer of abiotic stress-related genes identified in bromegrass.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023961
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    Potato germplasm enhancement for resistance to biotic stresses at CIP. Conventional and biotechnology-assisted approaches using a wide range of Solanum species (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 457-464 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: genetic engineering ; introgression ; molecular markers ; potatoes ; resistances ; Solanum ; technology mansfer
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary Potato genetic improvement has been facilitated using new knowledge of potato reproductive biology and new techniques. Many wild diploid species as well as landrace cultivars have been used in breeding at the diploid level, a strategy which is supported by 1) 2n gametes and 2) haploids from tetraploid cultivars. Different categories of wild species which have been under-utilized are now being exploited further in more systematic enhancement programmes using semi-conventional and biotechnological methods. Molecular maps of the potato genome are used actively to achieve marker-assisted introgression and improved selection among the germplasm collections to facilitate the use of valuable wild genetic resources. As an alternative method to incorporate a high level of fesistance, genetic engineering has been employed to facilitate the initial breeding process using various gene constructs for controlling major biotic stresses in the world.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023980
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    The potential of somatic hybridization in crop breeding (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 217-233 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: crop improvement ; alien gene transfer ; progeny analysis ; somatic hybridization
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary In recent years, the rapid development of somatic cell genetics has made possible the transfer of alien genes over wide taxonomic distances by somatic hybridization. In this review, the potential of somatic hybridization in the breeding of crops within the Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae and Solanaceae is discussed. It is evident from these studies that many hybrids, either symmetric or asymmetric, which are fertile have the potential to be used as a bridge between the alien species and the crop. Progeny analysis of some hybrid combinations also reveals intergenomic translocations which may lead to the introgression of the alien genes. Furthermore, fusion techniques enable the resynthesis of allopolyploid crops to increase their genetic variability and to restore ploidy level and heterozygosity after breeding at reduced ploidy level in polyploid crops.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023951
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    Transgenic barley by particle bombardment. Inheritance of the transferred gene and characteristics of transgenic barley plants (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 81-88 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: gene transfer ; Hordeum vulgare ; neomycin phosphotransferase II ; particle bombardment ; transgenic barley
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary Transgenic barley plants (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Kymppi) were obtained by particle bombardment of various tissues. Immature embryos and microspore-derived cultures were bombarded with gold particles coated with plasmid DNA carrying the gene coding for neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII), together with plasmid DNA containing the gene for β-glucuronidase (GUS). Bombarded immature embryos were grown to plants without selection and NPTII activity was screened in small plantlets. One plant proved to be transgenic (T0). This chimeric plant passed the transferred nptII gene to its T1 progeny. The presence of the nptII gene was demonstrated by the PCR technique and enzyme activity was analyzed by an NPTII gel assay. Four T0 spikes and 15 T1 offspring were transgenic. The integration and inheritance was confirmed by Southern blot hybridization. Transgenic T2 and T3 plants were produced by isolating embryos from green grains of transgenic T1 and T2 plants, respectively and growing them to plants. After selfing, the ratio of transgenic to non-transgenic T2 offspring was shown to follow the rule of Mendelian inheritance. The general performance of transgenic plants was normal and no reduction in fertility was observed. Microspore-derived cultures were bombarded one and four weeks after microspore isolation. After bombardment, cultures were grown either with or without antibiotic selection (geneticin R or kanamycin). When cultures were grown without selection and regenerated plants were transferred to kanamycin selection in rooting phase, one out of a total of about 1500 plants survived. This plant both carried and expressed the transferred nptII gene. The integration was confirmed by Southern blot hybridization. This plant was not fertile.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023933
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    Protoplast technology for the breeding of top-fruit trees (Prunus, Pyrus, Malus, Rubus) and woody ornamentals (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 287-294 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: protoplasts ; protoclonal variation ; somatic hybridization ; top-fruit trees ; woody ornamentals
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary Until recently, temperate fruit trees and woody ornamentals have been regarded as recalcitrant to biotechnological breeding approaches based on protoplasts. This however should no longer be the case, as procedures are now available, not only for the regeneration of complete plants from protoplasts of various tissues of such species, but also for the exploitation of protoplast technology for their genetic manipulation. This paper will examine the recent advances and state of the art in this domain, with particular attention to the use of protoplast technology as a novel tool in the breeding of rosaceous top-fruit tree species and woody ornamentals. Problems and their solutions within the context of regenerating plants from isolated protoplasts of stone (Prunus spp.), pome (Pyrus spp., Malus spp.) and small (Rubus spp.) fruits, and of several shrubby ornamental genotypes (Lonicera spp., Weigela spp., Forsythia spp., Cotoneaster spp.) will be addressed. Interspecific (Prunus spinosa + Prunus cerasifera) and intergeneric (Forsythia spp. + Syringa spp.) somatic hybridization within this group of species, as well as the use of protoplasts for host/pathogen interaction studies (Pyrus/Erwinia amylovora) will also be discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023958
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    Genetic manipulation in plant breeding — prospects and limitations (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 1-12 
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    Keywords: genetic engineering ; gene targets ; mapping ; markers ; transformation ; QTLs
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023925
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    Shoot apical meristems as a target for gene transfer by microballistics (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 45-51 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: meristem ; shoot apex ; ballistic microtargeting ; gene transfer ; wheat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary The classical approach of gene transfer to a given plant species delivers the foreign gene to transformable cells and then puts the effort into generating plants. This approach is very difficult in many important crop plants, including cereals, and the results of regeneration are very genotype-dependent. In contrast, we use regenerable cells and try to transform them. Shoot apical meristems provide a tissue which regenerates in situ a fertile plant for most given genotypes or species. Transformation of meristem cells may lead to transgenic sectors in chimeras. These sectors may contribute to the gametes and, thus, to transgenic offspring, which then should be homohistonts and not sectorial chimeras like their parents. Our model plant for these studies is wheat. Microtargeting is a ballistic approach which is particularly suitable for the controlled delivery of microprojectiles to meristem cells in situ (Sautter et al., 1991). We summarize in this paper our experience with ballistic microtargeting of transgenes to wheat shoot apical meristem cells in situ.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023929
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    The sulphur-rich Brazil nut 2S albumin is specifically formed in transgenic seeds of the grain legume Vicia narbonensis (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 181-192 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: Vicia narbonensis ; gene transfer ; gene expression ; seeds ; 2S albumin ; methionine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary Epicotyl explants were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA101 to transfer a chimeric 2S albumin gene construct carried in the binary Ti plasmid vectors pGSGLUC1 or pGA472 into the grain legume Vicia narbonensis. This gene encoding the sulphur-rich Brazil nut albumin was under the control of either the CaMV 35S promoter which permits gene expression in all organs, or the Vicia faba legumin B4 promoter which elicits seed-specific gene expression. After callus formation and selection for kanamycin resistance, somatic embryos were induced which, in the case of transformation with the vector pGSGLUC1, were screened for GUS activity. Embryos that produced GUS were in addition analysed for 2S albumin formation. Selected transgenic embryos were cloned by multiple shoot regeneration. Rooted and fertile plants were obtained by grafting transgenic shoots on the appropriate seedlings. R1 and R2 generations were raised and analysed for GUS as well as 2S albumin gene expression. Expression of the 35S promoter/2S albumin gene fusion took place in all organs of the transgenic plants including the cotyledons of seeds, whereas seed-specific gene expression was found in transformants with the legumin promoter/2S albumin gene fusion. The 2S albumin accumulated in the 2S protein fraction of transgenic seeds and its primary translation product was processed into the 9 and 3 kDa polypeptide chains. The foreign protein was localised in the protein bodies of the grain legume. Analysis of the R2 plants indicated Mendelian inheritance of the 2S albumin gene. In homozygous V. narbonensis plants the amounts of 2S albumin were twice that present in the corresponding heterozygous plants. Whereas only low level formation of the foreign protein was achieved if the gene was under the control of the 35S promoter, approximately 3.0% of the soluble seed protein was 2S albumin if seed-specific gene expression was directed by the legumin B4 promoter. Some of these transformants exhibited a three-fold increase in the methionine content of the salt-soluble protein fraction extracted from seeds.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023947
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    Strategies for variety-independent genetic transformation of important cereals, legumes and woody species utilizing particle bombardment (1955)
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    Euphytica 85 (1955), S. 13-27 
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    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: gene transfer ; crop species ; particle bombardment ; transgenic plants ; cereals ; legumes ; woody plants
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary The limiting component in the creation of transgenic crops has been the lack of effective means to introduce foreign genes into elite germplasm. However, the development of novel direct DNA transfer methodology, by-passing limitations imposed by Agrobacterium-host specificity and cell culture constraints, has allowed the engineering of almost all major crops, including formerly recalcitrant cereals, legumes and woody species. The creation of transgenic rice, wheat, maize, barley, oat, soybean, phaseolus, peanut, poplar, spruce, cotton and others, in an efficient and in some cases, variety-independent fashion, is a significant step towards the routine application of recombinant DNA methodology to the improvement of most important agronomic crops. In this review we will focus on key elements and advantages of particle bombardment technology in order to evaluate its impact on the accelerated commercialization of products based on agricultural biotechnology and its utility in studying basic plant developmental processes and function through transgenesis. Fundamental differences between conventional gene transfer methods, utilizing Agrobacterium vectors or protoplast/suspension cultures, and particle bombardment will be discussed in depth.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00023926
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