Iron fortification of banana by the expression of soybean ferritin

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-241

  Kumar, Gujulla B Sunil ^a   Srinivas, Lingam ^b   Ganapathi, Thumballi Ramabhatta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Banana; Iron deficiency anemia; Transgenic plants; Zinc accumulation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERRITIN; IRON; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BANANA; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IRON FORTIFICATION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; SOYBEAN; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FERRITINS; IRON; MUSA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOYBEANS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 79959561042     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8754-6     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. World Health Organization (1992) National Strategies for Overcoming Micronutrient Malnutrition. Document a 45/3, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
2. Lucca P, Hurrell R, Potrykus I (2002) Fighting iron deficiency anemia with iron-rich rice. J Am Coll Nutr 21:184S-190S
3. Hallberg L, Rossander L, Skanberg AB (1987) Phytates and the inhibitory effect of bran on iron absorption in man. Am J Clin Nutr 45:988-996 (Pubitemid 17077957)
4. Ballot D, Baynes RD, Bothwell TH, Gillooly M, MacFarlane BJ, MacPhail AP, Lyons G, Derman DP, Bezwoda WR, Torrance JD (1987) The effects of fruit juices and fruits on the absorption of iron from a rice meal. Br J Nutr 57:331-343 (Pubitemid 17081570)
5. Ganapathi TR, Chakrabarti A, Suprasanna P, Bapat VA (2003) In: Jaiwal PK, Singh RP (eds) Genetic transformation in banana. In Plant genetic engineering. Improvement of fruit crops, 6th edn. Sci Tech Publishing LLC, USA, pp 83-109
6. Theil EC (1987) Ferritin: structure, gene regulation and cellular function in animals, plants, and microorganisms. Annu Rev Biochem 56:289-315
7. Goto F, Yoshihara T, Shigemoto N, Toki S, Takaiwa F (1999) Iron fortification of rice seeds by the soybean ferritin gene. Nat Biotechnol 17:282-286 (Pubitemid 29122636)
8. Vasconcelos M, Datta K, Oliva N, Khalekuzzaman M, Torrizo L, Krishnan S, Oliveria M, Goto F, Datta SK (2003) Enhanced iron and zinc accumulation in transgenic rice with the ferritin gene. Plant Sci 164:371-378 (Pubitemid 36261074)
9. Sivaprakash KR, Krishnan S, Datta SK, Parida AK (2006) Tissue-specific histochemical localization of iron and ferritin gene expression in transgenic indica rice Pusa Basmati (Oryza sativa L.). J Genet 85:157-160 (Pubitemid 44668739)
10. International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group (IZiNCG) (2004) Assessment of the risk of zinc deficiency in populations and options for its control. In Food Nutr Bull (ed. Hotz C, Brown KH) pp S94-S203
11. The Zinc Investigators' Collaborative Group, Bhutta ZA, Black RE, Brown KH, Gardner JM, Gore S, Hidayat A, Khatun F, Martorell R, Ninh NX, Penny ME, Rosado JL, Roy SK, Ruel M, Sazawal S, Shankar A (1999) Prevention of diarrhea and pneumonia by zinc supplementation in children in developing countries: pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Pediatr 135:689-697
12. Ganapathi TR, Higgs NS, Balint-Kurti PJ, Arntzen CJ, May GD, Van Eck JM (2001) Agrobacterium mediated transformation of embryogenic cell suspensions of the banana cultivar Rasthali (AAB). Plant Cell Rep 20:157-162 (Pubitemid 32176810)
13. Hood EE, Gelvin SB, Melchers LS, Hoekama A (1993) New Agrobacterium helper plasmid for gene transfer to plant cells. Trans Res 2:208-218
14. Sunil Kumar GB, Ganapathi TR, Revathi CJ, Srinivas L, Bapat VA (2005) Expression of hepatitis B surface antigen in transgenic banana plants. Planta 222:484-493 (Pubitemid 41443647)
15. Stewart CN Jr, Via LE (1993) A rapid CTAB isolation technique for RAPD fingerprinting and other PCR amplifications. Biotechniques 14:748-749
16. Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, Maniatis T (1989) Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual, 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor, CSHL Press
17. Lonnerdal B (2003) Genetically modified plants for improved trace element nutrition. J Amer Soc Nutri 133:1490S-1493S
18. Beard JL, Burton JW, Theil EC (1996) Purified ferritin and soybean meal can be sources of iron for treating iron deficiency in rats. J Nutr 126:154-160 (Pubitemid 26030644)
19. Drakakaki G, Marcel S, Glahn RP, Lund EK, Pariagh S, Fischer R, Christou P, Stoger E (2005) Endosperm-specific co-expression of recombinant soybean ferritin and Aspergillus phytase in maize results in significant increases in the levels of bioavailable iron. Plant Mol Biol 59:869-880 (Pubitemid 41677673)