Stable transformation of Theobroma cacao L. and influence of matrix attachment regions on GFP expression

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 872-883

  Maximova, S ^a   Miller, C ^a   Antunez De Mayolo G ^a   Pishak, S ^a   Young, A ^a   Guiltinan, M J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Genetic transformation; Matrix attachment region; Somatic embryogenesis; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GENES; GREENHOUSES; PROTEINS;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NICOTIANA TABACUM; THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0013110703     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0596-7     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Allen GC, Hall G, Michalowski S, Newman W, Spiker S, Weissinger AK, Thompson WF (1996) High-level transgene expression in plant cells: effects of a strong scaffold attachment region from tobacco. Plant Cell 8:899-913
2. Allen GC, Spiker S, Thompson WF (2000) Use of matrix attachment regions (MARs) to minimize transgene silencing. Plant Mol Biol 43:361-376
3. Antúnez de Mayolo G, Maximova SN, Pishak S, Guiltinan MJ (2003) Moxalactam as a counter-selection antibiotic for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and its positive effects on Theobroma cacao somatic embryogenesis. Plant Sci (in press)
4. Ausubel FM, Brent R, Kingston RE, Moore DD, Seidman JG, Smith JA, Struhl K (2001) Current protocols in molecular biology. Wiley, New York
5. Bevan M (1984) Binary Agrobacterium vectors for plant transformation. Nucleic Acids Res 12:8711-8721
6. Dandekar AM, McGranahan GH, Leslie CA, Uratsu SL (1989) Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of somatic embryos as a method for the production of transgenic plants. J Tissue Cult Methods 12:145-149
7. De Block M, Herrerra-Estrella L, Van Montagu M, Shell J, Zambryski P (1984) Expression of foreign genes in regenerated plants and their progeny. EMBO J 3:1681-1689
8. Eskes A, Lanaud C (1997) Cocoa. In: Charrier A, Jacquot M, Hamon S, Nicolas D (eds) L'Amelioration des plantes tropicales. CIRAD/ORSTROM, Paris, p 623
9. Fisher DK, Guiltinan MJ (1995) Rapid, efficient production of homozygous transgenic tobacco plants with Agrobacterium tumefaciens: a seed-to-seed protocol. Plant Mol Biol Rep 13:278-289
10. Fulton RH (1989) The cacao disease trilogy: black pod, monilia pod rot, and witches' broom. Plant Dis 73:601-603
11. Hansen G, Wright MS (1999) Recent advances in the transformation of plants. Trends Plant Sci 4:226-231
12. Hare PD, Chua NH (2002) Excision of selectable marker genes form transgenic plants. Nat Biotechnol 20:575-580
13. Hurst WJ, Tarka SM, Powis TG, Valdez F, Hester TR (2002) Cacao usage by the earliest Maya civilization. Nature 418:289-290
14. Lazo GR, Stein PA, Ludwig RA (1991) A DNA transformation-competent Arabidopsis genomic library in Agrobacterium. Biotechnology 9:963-967
15. Li Z, Traore A, Maximova S, Guiltinan MJ (1998) Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from floral explants of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) using thidiazuron. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Plant 34:293-299
16. Lin J (1994) Optimization of the transformation efficiency of Agrobacterium tumefaciens cells using electroporation. Plant Sci 101:11-15
17. Maximova SN, Dandekar AM, Guiltinan MJ (1998) Investigation of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of apple using green fluorescent protein: high transient expression and low stable transformation suggest that factors other than T-DNA transfer are rate-limiting. Plant Mol Biol 37:549-559
18. Maximova SN, Alemanno L, Young A, Traore A, Ferrièr N, Guiltinan MJ (2000) Efficiency, origin and quality of cacao somatic embryogenesis. In: Secretary General, Cocoa Producers' Alliance (ed) 13th Int Cocoa Res Conf. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, pp 1299-1305
19. Maximova SN, Alemanno L, Young A, Ferriere N, Traore A, Guiltinan M (2002) Efficiency, genotypic variability, and cellular origin of primary and secondary somatic embryogenesis of Theobroma cacao L. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Plant 38:252-259
20. McGregor A (1981) Phytophthora pod rot research in Papua New Guinea since 1971. In: Secretary General, Cocoa Producers' Alliance (ed.) Int Cocoa Res Conf. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, pp 339-345
21. Mitsuhara I, Ugaki M, Hirochika H, Ohshima M, Murakami T, Gotoh Y, Katayose Y, Nakamura S, Honkura R, Nishimiya S, Ueno K, Mochizuki A, Tanimoto H, Tsugawa H, Otsuki Y, Ohashi Y (1996) Efficient promoter cassettes for enhanced expression of foreign genes in dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants. Plant Cell Physiol 37:49-59
22. Persley GJ (2000) Agricultural biotechnology and the poor: promethean science. In: Persley GJ, Lantin MM (eds) Agricultural biotechnology and the poor. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, D.C., pp 3-21
23. Sain SL, Oduro KK, Furtek DB (1994) Genetic transformation of cocoa leaf cells using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult 37:342-351
24. Snyder T (1994) Isolation and characterization of a genomic chitinase clone form Theobroma cacao L. Intercollege Program in Plant Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, Pa.
25. Snyder-Leiby TE, Furtek DB (1995) A genomic clone (Accession No. U30324) from Theobroma cacao L. with high similarity to plant class I endochitinase sequences. Plant Physiol 109:338
26. Spiker S, Thompson WF (1996) Nuclear matrix attachment regions and transgene expression in plants. Plant Physiol 110:15-21
27. Traore A (2000) Somatic embryogenesis, embryo conversion, micropropagation and factors affecting genetic transformation of Theobroma cacao L. Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, Pa.
28. Wilkinson MJ (2000) The application and constrains of new technologies in plant breeding. In: Eskes A (ed) Int Workshop New Technol Cocoa Breed. INGENIC, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, pp 12-24
29. Wood GAR, Lass RA (1987) Cocoa. Longman/Wiley, New York.