Mechanism of Transgene Integration into a Host Genome by Particle Bombardment

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  • MORIKAWA Hiromichi
    Department of Mathematical and Life Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)
  • SAKAMOTO Atsushi
    Department of Mathematical and Life Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
  • HOKAZONO Hiroo
    Department of Mathematical and Life Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
  • IRIFUNE Kohei
    Hiroshima Prefectural University, School of Bioresources
  • TAKAHASHI Misa
    Department of Mathematical and Life Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University

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Abstract

DNA sequences of transgenic loci in the transgenes of tobacco and Arabidopsis were analyzed. Almost all transgenic loci studied contained cis elements characteristic of nuclear matrix attachment regions (MARs). A MAR sequence isolated from one such locus of tobacco cells was cloned into the original transformation vector, and introduced into tobacco cells. The presence of the MAR sequence resulted in a five- to tenfold increase in the transformant yields, and it appeared to stimulate both the expression of the transgene and its integration into the host genome. A search using the BLAST program revealed that the transgenic loci contained junction region sequences that may have originated from different chromosomes of the nuclear genome and from the chloroplast genome.

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  • Plant Biotechnology

    Plant Biotechnology 19 (4), 219-228, 2002

    Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology

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