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The development of plant genetic engineering brings a problem of transgenic plants’ hazard to humans. Plant transformation is frequently criticized as an artificial process that is possible only in the laboratory. At the same time, the genomes of the representatives of the Nicotiana and the Linaria genera are known to carry sequences that are homologous to the Agrobacterium rhizogenes T-DNA. Currently, a problem of the existence of other instances of horizontal gene transfer from agrobacteria to plants within the families of Solanaceae, Plantaginaceae, and other angiosperms remains to be elucidated. In this study, a screening for the sequences that are homologous to the rolB, rolC, ORF13, and ORF14 oncogenes, was performed in four genera of the Solanaceae family. With the exception of the Nicotiana genus, no horizontal gene transfer was found in all species studied. The results suggest that the presence of A. rhizogenes oncogene homologs in wild type plants is characteristic only for some species belonging to the Nicotiana genus.
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Original Russian Text © O.A. Kulayeva, T.V. Matveeva, L.A. Lutova, 2013, published in Ekologicheskaya Genetika, 2013, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 3–9.
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Kulayeva, O.A., Matveeva, T.V. & Lutova, L.A. Investigation of a possible horizontal gene transfer from agrobacteria to some representatives of the Solanaceae family. Russ J Genet Appl Res 4, 455–460 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079059714050086
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