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Efficient transformation of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong using the hypervirulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain AGL1.

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The highest transformation efficiency was obtained with the disarmed hypervirulent strain AGL1 (Ti plasmid TiBo542), for which the percentage of explants forming kanamycin (Km)-resistant calli was double that obtained with each of the other three strains.
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The efficiency of Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation of the model legume Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong (genotype 2HA) was evaluated for strains LBA 4404, C58pMP90, C58pGV2260 and AGL1. Binary vectors carrying promoter-gus/gfp reporter gene fusions and the nptII gene as selectable marker were used for plant in vitro transformation/regeneration. The highest transformation efficiency was obtained with the disarmed hypervirulent strain AGL1 (Ti plasmid TiBo542), for which the percentage of explants forming kanamycin (Km)-resistant calli was double that obtained with each of the other three strains. In addition, we were able to reduce the time necessary for plant regeneration using AGL1, with 24% of the explants generating Km-resistant transgenic plantlets within only 4–5 months of culture. Transgene expression in planta was analysed and found to be conserved in the T1 descendents.

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GUS fusions: beta‐glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants.

TL;DR: GUS is very stable, and tissue extracts continue to show high levels of GUS activity after prolonged storage, and Histochemical analysis has been used to demonstrate the localization of gene activity in cells and tissues of transformed plants.
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Binary Agrobacterium vectors for plant transformation

TL;DR: A vector molecule for the efficient transformation of higher plants has been constructed with several features that make it efficient to use.
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The promoter of TL-DNA gene 5 controls the tissue-specific expression of chimaeric genes carried by a novel type of Agrobacterium binary vector

TL;DR: It was found that the gene 5 promoter is active in a tissue-specific fashion whereas this is not the case for the NOS promoter, providing the first documented instance of a gene derived from a procaryotic host the expression of which is apparently regulated by plant growth factors.
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A binary plant vector strategy based on separation of vir- and T-region of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti-plasmid

TL;DR: The interaction of two compatible plasmids, one containing the vir-region, the other carrying the T-DNA on a wide host-range replicon are reported, which allows introduction of the manipulated T- DNA into plant cells.
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