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ISSN 1995-5537

"Biotechnology" journal V. 4, No. 2, 2011
Р. 46-53, Bibliography 53, Ukrainian.
Universal Decimal classification: 575.222.7:581.1

Agrobacterium rhizogenes-MEDIATED TRANSFER OF TUBERCULOSIS
ANTIGENS ESAT6 AND AG85B GENES Lemna minor L.

N. A. Matvieieva, O. M. Kishchenko, A. M. Shakhovsky, M. V. Kuchuk

Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiyv

Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated method for genetic transformation of duckweed Lemna minor L. (Lemnaceae, Monocotyledons) without acetosyringone treatment was developed. Transgenic duckweed plants with genes of tuberculosis antigens ESAT6 and Ag85B were obtained with frequency 2% by direct regeneration from axillary meristem without hairy root or callus stage. Developed technique enables to scale down the time for transgenic plant obtaning and to create duckweed plants transformed with genes of interest.

Key words: Lemna minor, Agrobacterium rhizo, genes, genetic transformation, genes of tuberculosis antigens ESAT6 and Ag 85B.

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