• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.187-192
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• 2014

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most important forage legumes in the world. It has been demanded to establish the efficient transformation system in commercial varieties of alfalfa for forage molecular breeding and production of varieties possessing new characteristics. To approach this, genetic transformation techniques have been developed and modified. This work was performed to establish conditions for effective transformation of commercial alfalfa cultivars, Xinjiang Daye, ABT405, Vernal, Wintergreen and Alfagraze. GUS gene was used as a transgene and cotyledon and hypocotyl as a source of explants. Transformation efficiencies differed from 0 to 7.9% among alfalfa cultivars. Highest transformation efficiencies were observed in the cultivar Xinjiang Daye. The integration and expression of the transgenes in the transformed alfalfa plants was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and histochemical GUS assay. These data demonstrate highly efficient Agrobacterium transformation of diverse alfalfa cultivars Xinjiang Daye, which enables routine production of transgenic alfalfa plants.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2002

Agrobacterium을 이용한 벼의 효율적인 형질전환을 위하여 몇 가지 형질전환 조건을 조사하였다. 그리고 조사된 최적의 형질전환 방법을 이용하여 내한성에 관련된 GPAT 유전자를 식물에 도입하였다. 형질전환 조건은 GUS 발현을 통하여 조사되었다. 본 실험에서는 벼 (Oryza sativa L. cv. Dongjin)의 성숙 종자 유래 캘러스를 3일간 전배양한 후 Agrobacterium을 접종하였다. 접종이 끝난 캘러스는 50mg/L CaCl$_2$, 30mg/L acetosyringone, 2 mg/L 2,4-D, 120 mg/L betaine이 첨가된 공동배양 배지 위에서 암조건으로 10일간 공동배양하여 높은 GUS 발현을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이와 같은 방법으로 GPAT 유전자를 식물에 도입한 결과 54%의 높은 형질전환율을 나타내었다. 형질전환 식물체를 southern 분석한 결과 wild type 식물체에서는 GPAT 유전자가 검출되지 않았으나, 형질전환 식물체에서는 GPAT 유전자가 검출되었다. 또한 GPAT 유전자로 형질전환된 5 계통의 T1 세대에서 hygromycin에 대한 저항성과 감수성의 유전비율이 3 : 1로 분리되었다. 따라서 본 실험의 결과에서 검토된 고빈도의 형질전환 시스템은 단자엽식물의 형질전환에 있어서 모델계로 이용될 수 있으리라 기대된다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제50권
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• pp.56-62
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• 2023

35S cauliflower mosaic virus 프로모터의 조절을 받고 인트론이 포함된 β-Glucuronidase (gus) gene과 35S cauliflower mosaic virus (enhanced) 프로모터의 조절을 받는 blpR유전자가 있는 pCAMBIA3301 벡터가 포함된 AGL-1 균주를 사용하였다. 아그로박테리움을 이용한 형질전환 체계와 PPT (D-L-phosphinothricin) 선발을 통하여 나리 인편조직으로부터 형질전환 식물체가 획득되었다. 본 연구에서 나리 레드플레임'품종의 인편조직에 선발 및 목적유전자로 바스타 제초제저항성 유전자인 blpR 유전자를 도입하였다. 상기 실험 결과, 20분의 접종시간과 5일간의 아그로박테리움과의 공동배양이 100개의 접종된 인편개체에서 각각 24, 27개의 높은 PPT 저항성 개체가 관찰되었고 신초까지 형성된 인편을 19.6 및 22.7개를 생산하는 우수한 형질전환 결과를 보여주었다. 이렇게 제초제를 이용하여 선발되었을 뿐만 아니라 도입된 reporter 유전자인 gus도 발현되었음을 확인하였고 선발유전자이자 목적유전자인 blpR 유전자도 PCR 검정을 통해 도입되었음을 확인하였다. 12주 이상의 선발과정을 거치고 gus 및 PCR 검정을 거친 형질전환 개체들은 발근 배지를 거쳐 순화 후 화분으로 이식하여 높은 활착율을 보여주었다. 결론적으로 본 연구에서 확립한 프로토콜을 이용하면 평균 20% 이상의 형질전환 효율을 나타내고 본 연구에 기술된 아그로박테리움 매개 형질전환 체계에 향후 보완이 필요하지만, 우수 품종개발을 위한 나리 육종 프로그램에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 1998

Electroporation을 이용한 형질전환 연구에서 원형질체 대신 체세포 배발생 세포를 이용하여도 DNA가 도입될 수 있음을 이미 보고한 바 있다. 본 연구는 배발생 세포 내로 DNA를 도입하기 위한 electroporation의 최적 조건, 즉 전압과 capacitance 수준, promoter 종류, DNA 농도, 저온처리효과 등을 구명하며, 처리에 따른 DNA의 전입 현상을 이해하고 전기충격후의 생장과 분화 정도를 조사하고자 수행되었다. 들잔디 미숙배를 2,4-D가 2 mg/L 함유된 MS배지에서 배양하여 배발생 캘러스를 유도하였고, 동일 조성의 액체배지에 진탕배양하여 조직 electroporation에 적합한 현탁배양 세포괴를 증식할 수 있었다. 100-400 V의 전압과 10-1980 $\mu\textrm{F}$의 capacitance 수준에서 세포괴를 35S-gusA 조성을 갖는 운반체 DNA와 함께 electroporation 하였을 때, 전반적으로 DNA가 도입되었음을 표지유전자 gusA의 transient 발현을 통하여 확인하였으며, 200-300 V 전압과 330-800 $\mu\textrm{F}$ capacitance 수준이 보다 효과적인 경향을 보였다. 처리시 온도는 큰 영향을 미치지 않았으며, 6 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL 이상의 DNA 농도에서는 GUS 발현이 양호하였다. 배발생 캘러스 세포주들은 모두 DNA가 도입 되었으나 비 배발생 캘러스 세포주는 11개중 하나에서만 도입이 확인되었다. Electroporation시 전기충격후 20, 40시간 후에 DNA를 첨가하여도 gusA가 발현됨에 따라 전기충격이 세포막의 침투성을 장시간 변화시킴으로써 DNA가 전이될 수 있는 것임을 확인할 수 있었다. GusA의 promoter로 CaMV 35S외에 Actl과 Ubil의 활성을 비교한 바, 35S에 비해 각각 7배, 5배의 활성을 나타내었다. Electroporation 처리후 세포괴의 배양실험에서 100-400 V의 전압과 10-l980 $\mu\textrm{F}$ capacitance의 전 처리 범위에서 캘러스의 지속적인 생장과 함께 식물체 재분화가 일어났다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2009

The Arabidopsis gene AtLEC (At3g15356) gene encodes a putative 30-kDa protein with a legume lectin-like domain. Likely to classic legume lectin family of genes, AtLEC is expressed in rosette leaves, primary inflorescences, and roots, as observed in Northern blot analysis. The accumulation of AtLEC transcript is induced very rapidly, within 30 min, by chitin, a fungal wall-derived oligosaccharide elictor of the plant defense response. Transgenic Arabidopsis carrying an AtLEC promoter-driven ${\beta}$-glucuronidase (GUS) construct exhibited GUS activity in the leaf veins, secondary inflorescences, carpel heads, and silique receptacles, in which no expression could be seen in Northern blot analysis. This observation suggests that AtLEC expression is induced transiently and locally during developmental processes in the absence of an external signal such as chitin. In addition, mechanically wounded sites showed strong GUS activity, indicating that the AtLEC promoter responds to jasmonate. Indeed, methyl jasmonate and ethylene exposure induced AtLEC expression within 3-6 h. Thus, the gene appears to play a role in the jasmonate-/ethylene-responsive, in addition to the chitin-elicited, defense responses. However, chitin-induced AtLEC expression was also observed in jasmonate-insensitive (coi1) and ethylene-insensitive (etr1-1) Arabidopsis mutants. Thus, it appears that chitin promotes AtLEC expression via a jasmonate- and/or ethylene-independent pathway.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.415-421
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• 2000

The disaccharide trehalose ($\alpha$-D-glucopyranosyl-$\alpha$-D-glucopyranoside) is found in variety of organ-isms that are able to withstand almost complete desiccation. In order to identify the function of trehalose in plants, we isolated Arabidopsis trehalase (AtTRE) gene that encodes the enzyme able to hydrolyze trehalose to glucose, and trehalose-6-phosphate synthase isolog, TPS3 gene by RT-PCR. The AtTRE had the substrate specificity to hydrolyze only trehalose, and a broad pH range of enzyme activity. The AtTRE promoter/GUS reporter gene was expressed in cotyledons, mature leaf tissues including guard cells, and developing siliques. The GUS expression driven by AtTPS3 promoter was significant in root tissues, and the level of GUS activity was much higher than that of the pBll 21 control seedlings. The knockout of AtTPS3 gene in Arabidopsis resulted in the retarded root development, whereas the overexpression of AtTPS3 increased the root elongation in the presence of sucrose in MS medium. Possible functions of AtTRE and AtTPS3 in plant will be discussed. In addition, ectopic expression of yeast TPS1 driven by the inducible promoters in tobacco and potato conferred the plants on the drought and freezing tolerances.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.219-226
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• 2008

Transgenic plants with the herbicide-resistance gene (bar gene) were obtained via organogenesis from isolated mesophyll protoplasts of Nierembergia repens after applying electroporation. Transient ${\beta}-glucuronidase$ (GUS) activity of electroporated protoplasts assayed 2 days after applying an electric pulse showed that optimum condition (transient GUS activity 319 pmol 4 MU/mg per min and plating efficiency 2.43%) for electroporation was 0.5 kV/cm in field strength and $100{\mu}F$ in capacitance. The protoplasts electroporated with the bar gene at this condition initiated formation of microcolonies on medium after 2 weeks. After 4 weeks of culture, equal volume of fresh 1/2-strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 0.2 mg/l bialaphos was added for selection of transformed colonies. After 6 weeks of culture, growing colonies were transferred onto regeneration medium containing 1.0 mg/l bialaphos, on which they formed adventitious shoots 1-2 months after electroporation. The adventitious shoots rooted easily after transfer onto MS medium with bialaphos lacking plant-growth regulators. Transformation of these regenerants with the bar gene was confirmed by Southern analysis. Some of the transformants showed strong resistance to the application of bialaphos solution at 10.0 mg/l.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.342-350
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• 2018

Flowering time is determined by florigens. These genes include, Heading date 3a (Hd3a) and Rice FT 1 (RFT1) in rice, which are specifically expressed in the vascular tissues of leaves at the floral transition stage. To study the cis-regulatory elements present in the promoter region of Hd3a, we generated transgenic plants carrying the 1.75-kb promoter fragment of Hd3a that was fused to the ${\beta}$-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene. Plants expressing this construct conferred a vascular cell-specific expression pattern for the reporter gene. However, GUS was expressed in leaves at all developmental stages, including the early seedling stage when Hd3a was not detected. Furthermore, the reporter was expressed in roots at all stages. This suggests that the 1.75-kb region lackings cis-elements that regulate leaf-specific expression at the appropriate developmental stages. Deletion analyses of the promoter region indicated that regulatory elements determining vascular cell-specific expression are present in the 200-bp region between -245 bp and -45 bp from the transcription initiation site. By transforming the Hd3a-GUS construct to rice cultivar 'Taichung 65' which is defective in Ehd1, we observed that Ehd1 is the major regulatory element that controls Hd3a promoter activity.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.409-415
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• 2007

An eight years old female barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), which bred at the Gwangju Uchi Park Zoo had shown anorexia, depression, respiratory problem for several weeks after parturition. In necropsy, extensive necrotizing pneumonia was found with severe immunocytes infiltration in the alveolar spaces and bronchioles. Pulmonary pleura were thickened with fibrin and inflammatory cells. Bacteria were isolated from lung and identified as Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus (SEZ) by biochemical tests and PCR on sodA and gusA genes, though seel gene was not detected. Isolation of zoonotic SEZ in public place such as a zoo should be emphasized for the public health mangagement.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2011

An efficient transient expression system has been developed and characterized for the production of foreign genes in seedlings. The seedlings can be easily produced from commercial seeds used for vegetable sprouts. In principal, a chemical abrasive was employed to generate wounds in seedlings prior to vacuum-infiltration with Agrobacterium tumefaciens bearing the target gene. This optimized chemical wounding-assisted agro-infiltration process resulted in up to 15-fold increase in $\beta$-glucuronidase (GUS) enzyme activity. This procedure has been used efficiently to express hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) protein in a transient mode. Therefore, seedlings with proper wounds can be suggested as a convenient tool for the production of useful recombinant proteins.