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In order to establish a model system for introduction of foreign genes into papaya (Carica papaya L.) plants by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, petioles from multishoots were used as explant source and bacterial neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPT II) gene and β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene were used as a selection marker and a reporter, respectively. Cross sections of papaya petioles obtained from multishoots micropropagated in vitro were infected with A. tumefaciens LBA4404 containing NPTII and GUS genes and co-cultured for 2 d. The putative transformed calluses were identified by growth on the selective medium containing kanamycin and carbenicillin, and consequently regenerated to plants via somatic embryogenesis. Thirteen putative transgenic lines were obtained from a total of 415 petiole fragments treated. Strong GUS activity was detected in the selected putative transgenic calli or plants by fluorogenic assay. Western blot analysis using GUS antiserum confirmed that the GUS protein was expressed in putative transformed papaya cells and transgenic plants. The presence of the GUS gene in the papaya tissues was detected by PCR amplification coupled with Southern blot.
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Yang, JS., Yu, TA., Cheng, YH. et al. Transgenic papaya plants from Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of petioles of in vitro propagated multishoots. Plant Cell Reports 15, 459–464 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232974
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