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Genetic transformation of arctic bramble (Rubus arcticus L.) was achieved utilizing a Ti-plasmid vector system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Internodal stem segments were inoculated with Agrobacterium strain EHA101 carrying a T-DNA with the CaMV 35 S promoter-gus-int marker gene from which β-glucuronidase (GUS) is expressed only in plants. Regenerants were produced on Murashige and Skoog medium. Growth of Agrobacterium was inhibited with cefotaxime. Kanamycin was used as the selective agent for the transformants. Regenerants were assayed by histochemical GUS staining, and by Southern analysis using a gus-int probe. Transgenic arctic bramble plants containing gus-int and expressing GUS were recovered. Expression has been stable for 3 years in micropropagation.
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Received: 22 October 1997 / Revision received: 7 January 1998 / Accepted: 2 February 1998
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Kokko, H., Kärenlampi, S. Transformation of arctic bramble (Rubus arcticus L.) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Cell Reports 17, 822–826 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050491
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050491