Transformation of hereditary material of plants
AssigneeCiba-Geigy Corporation
InventorsJerzy Paszkowski, Ingo Potrykus, Barbara Hohn, Raymond D. Shillito, Thomas Hohn, Michael W. Saul, Vaclav Mandak
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Abstract
A novel process for the direct transfer of foreign genes to plant genomes is described. The novel process comprises placing a gene under the control of plant expression signals and transferring it, by contact with protoplasts without the aid of natural systems for infecting plants, directly to plant cells from which genetically transformed plants can subsequently be derived.
Claims4
A process for the direct transfer of foreign DNA into the hereditary material of plant protoplasts, said process comprising:
- contacting the foreign DNA, said foreign DNA being unaccompanied by the T-DNA border regions of the Ti-plasmid, said foreign DNA being under the control of plant expression signals, with a plant protoplast in a medium under conditions that render the plant protoplast permeable to DNA molecules for a duration sufficient for the foreign DNA to be taken up by the protoplast, wherein the direct gene transfer is carried out by a technique selected from the group consisting of:
- 1. electroporation and heat shock;
- 2. electroporation and polyethylene glycol treatment;
- 3. heat shock, polyethylene glycol treatment and electroporation;
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- 4. heat shock treatment and polyethylene glycol treatment.
A process for the direct transfer of foreign DNA into the hereditary material of plant protoplasts, said process comprising:
- contacting the foreign DNA, said foreign DNA being unaccompanied by the T-DNA border regions of the Ti-plasmid, said foreign DNA being under the control of plant expression signals, with a plant protoplast in a medium under conditions that render the plant protoplast membrane permeable to DNA molecules for a duration sufficient for the foreign DNA to be taken up by the protoplast, wherein the direct gene transfer is carried out by electroporation.
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