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We transformed tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) by using Agrobacterium rhizogenes containing two independent plasmids: the wild-type Ri-plasmid, and the vector plasmid, pARC8. The T-DNA of the vector plasmid contained a marker gene (Nos/Kan) encoding neomycin phosphotransferase which conferred resistance to kanamycin in transformed plant cells. Transgenic plants (R 0) with normal phenotype were regenerated from transformed organogenic calli by the punctured cotyledon transformation method. Southern blot analysis of the DNA from these transgenic plants showed that one or two copies of the vector plasmid T-DNA, but none of the Ri-plamid T-DNA, were integrated into the plant genome. Different transgenic plants derived from the same callus clone showed an identical DNA banding pattern, indicating the non-chimeric origin of these plants. We also transformed tomato by using A. tumefaciens strain LBA4404 containing a disarmed Ti-plasmid (pAL4404), and a vector plasmid (pARC8). Transgenic plants derived via A. tumefaciens transformation, like those via A. rhizogenes, contained one to two copies of the integrated vector T-DNA. The kanamycin resistance trait in the progeny (R 1) of most transgenic plants segregated at a ratio of 3:1, suggesting that the vector T-DNAs were integrated at a single site on a tomato chromosome. In some cases, the expression of the marker gene (Nos/Kan) seemed to be suppressed or lost in the progeny.
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Sukhapinda, K., Spivey, R., Simpson, R.B. et al. Transgenic tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) transformed with a binary vector in Agrobacterium rhizogenes: Non-chimeric origin of callus clone and low copy numbers of integrated vector T-DNA. Mol Gen Genet 206, 491–497 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428890
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