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http://dx.doi.org/10.5333/KGFS.2006.26.1.001

Development of High Quality Forage Grass by Down-regulating Lignin Biosynthetic Gene  

Woo Hyun-Sook (Division of Applied Life Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Yun Jung-Woo (Division of Applied Life Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Lee Byung-Hyun (Division of Applied Life Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science / v.26, no.1, 2006 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
Abstract
To develop a new variety of orchardgrass with improved digestibility, caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (Dgcomt), which is a methylation enzyme involved in the early stages of lignin biosynthesis, was isolated and characterized. Dgcomt was expressed not only in leaves but also in stems and roots. The expression levels of transcripts were high in stems and roots which are the most lignified tissues, and only moderate levels of transcripts were expressed in leaves. To develop transgenic orchardgrass plants by down-regulating the Dgcomt gene, an RNAi suppression vector with partial Dgcomt DNA fragment was constructed and transferred into the genome of orchardgrass via Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer method. PCR and Southern blot analyses with genomic DNAs from putative transgenic plants revealed that the T-DNA region containing RNAi construct was successfully integrated into the genome of orchardgrass. Northern blot analysis revealed that the majority of the down-regulated transgenic lines showed significant reduction in Dgcomt gene expression. These RNAi transgenic orchardgrass will be useful for molecular breeding of new variety with improved digestibility by down-regulating lignin biosynthetic enzyme.
Keywords
COMT; Lignin; Transgenic orchardgrass; Forage digestibility;
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