Agrobacterium tumefaciens-transient genetic transformation of Habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) leaf explants

Most of the pepper species of the genus Capsicum have been recalcitrant to efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated stable or transient, genetic transformation. In the present work, we optimized a protocol for transient transformation of the Habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) through the standardization of several experimental factors. These included the age of the plants, the temperature, the length of co-cultivation, the application of a negative (vacuum) and/or a positive (infiltration) pressure, along with micro injection, the use of acetosyringone during the bacterial culturing, and modification of the pH during the GUS assay to eliminate the endogenous β-glucuronidase activity. The standardized protocol, which yielded nearly 55% fully transformed leaf explants, was used to successfully mobilize two empty binary vectors (pCAMBIA2301 and pCAMex), as well as the C. chinense cDNAs encoding the pathogenesis-related protein 10 and esterase, respectively.

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Main Authors:	GUADALUPE FABIOLA ARCOS ORTEGA, RAFAEL ANTONIO CHAN KUUK, WILMA ARACELY GONZALEZ KANTUN, RAMON ARMANDO SOUZA PERERA, YUMI ELENA NAKAZAWA UEJI, ELIDE AVILES BERZUNZA, GREGORIO DEL CARMEN GODOY HERNANDEZ, Michael Lawton, JOSE JUAN ZUÑIGA AGUILAR
Format:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/COCULTIVATION, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/GUS ASSAY, info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2,
Online Access:	http://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/1318
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