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Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) using embryo axes

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A system for the production of transgenic faba bean by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation was developed. This system is based upon direct shoot organogenesis after transformation of meristematic cells derived from embryo axes. Explants were co-cultivated with A. tumefaciens strain EHA105/pGlsfa, which harbored a binary vector containing a gene encoding a sulphur rich sunflower albumin (SFA8) linked to the bar gene. Strain EHA 101/pAN109 carrying the binary plasmid containing the coding sequence of a mutant aspartate kinase gene (lysC) from E. coli in combination with neomycinphosphotransferase II gene (nptII) was used as well. The coding sequences of SFA8 and LysC genes were fused to seed specific promoters, either Vicia faba legumin B4 promoter (LeB4) or phaseolin promoter, respectively. Seven phosphinothricin (PPT) resistant clones from Mythos and Albatross cultivars were recovered. Integration, inheritance and expression of the transgenes were confirmed by Southern blot, PCR, enzyme activity assay and Western blot.

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  1. Moemen Hanafy

    Present address: Department of Plant Biotechnology, National Research Center, Tahrir str., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

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  1. Department of Molecular Genetics, Hannover University, Herrenhäuserstr.2, D-30419, Hannover, Germany

    Moemen Hanafy & Hans-Joerg Jacobsen

  2. Institute of Applied Genetics, Free University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer Weg 6, D-14195, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas Pickardt

  3. German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ GmbH), Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Heiko Kiesecker

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Hanafy, M., Pickardt, T., Kiesecker, H. et al. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) using embryo axes. Euphytica 142, 227–236 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-005-1690-4

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