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EHA101
EHA101 was one of the first and most widely used ''Agrobacterium'' helper plasmid for plant gene transfer. Created in 1985 in the laboratory of Mary-Dell Chilton at Washington University in St. Louis, it was named after the graduate student who constructed it. The EH stands for "Elizabeth Hood" and A for "''Agrobacterium''". The EHA101 helper strain is a derivative of A281, the hypervirulent ''A. tumefaciens'' strain that causes large, fast-growing tumors on solanaceous plants. This strain is used for moving genes of interest into many hundreds of species of plants all over the world. For recalcitrant crops such as maize, wheat, and rice, the EHA helper strains are often employed for gene transfer. These strains are efficient at promoting T-DNA transfer because of the hypervirulence of the vir genes suggesting that a higher success rate can be achieved on these "hard to transform" crops or cultivars. The chromosomal background of EHA101 is C58C1, a cured nopaline strain. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-DNA Binary System
A transfer DNA (T-DNA) binary system is a pair of plasmids consisting of a T-DNA binary vector and a ''vir'' helper plasmid. The two plasmids are used together (thus ''binary'') to produce genetically modified plants. They are artificial vectors that have been derived from the naturally occurring Ti plasmid found in bacterial species of the genus ''Agrobacterium'', such as '' A. tumefaciens''. The binary vector is a ''shuttle vector'', so-called because it is able to replicate in multiple hosts (e.g. '' Escherichia coli'' and ''Agrobacterium''). Systems in which T-DNA and ''vir'' genes are located on separate replicons are called T-DNA binary systems. T-DNA is located on the binary vector (the non-T-DNA region of this vector containing origin(s) of replication that could function both in ''E. coli'' and ''Agrobacterium'', and antibiotic resistance genes used to select for the presence of the binary vector in bacteria, became known as vector backbone sequences). The replicon conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agrobacterium
''Agrobacterium'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria established by H. J. Conn that uses horizontal gene transfer to cause tumors in plants. '' Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' is the most commonly studied species in this genus. ''Agrobacterium'' is well known for its ability to transfer DNA between itself and plants, and for this reason it has become an important tool for genetic engineering. Nomenclatural History Leading up to the 1990s, the genus ''Agrobacterium'' was used as a wastebasket taxon. With the advent of 16S sequencing, many ''Agrobacterium'' species (especially the marine species) were reassigned to genera such as '' Ahrensia'', '' Pseudorhodobacter'', '' Ruegeria'', and '' Stappia''. The remaining ''Agrobacterium'' species were assigned to three biovars: biovar 1 ('' Agrobacterium tumefaciens''), biovar 2 (''Agrobacterium rhizogenes''), and biovar 3 (''Agrobacterium vitis''). In the early 2000s, ''Agrobacterium'' was synonymized with the genus '' Rhizobium''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
