Intein-mediated Cre protein assembly for transgene excision in hybrid progeny of transgenic Arabidopsis.
Plant Cell Rep
; 35(10): 2045-53, 2016 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
KEY MESSAGE An approach for restoring recombination activity of complementation split-Cre was developed to excise the transgene in hybrid progeny of GM crops. Growing concerns about the biosafety of genetically modified (GM) crops has currently become a limited factor affecting the public acceptance. Several approaches have been developed to generate selectable-marker-gene-free GM crops. However, no strategy was reported to be broadly applicable to hybrid crops. Previous studies have demonstrated that complementation split-Cre recombinase restored recombination activity in transgenic plants. In this study, we found that split-Cre mediated by split-intein Synechocystis sp. DnaE had high recombination efficiency when Cre recombinase was split at Asp232/Asp233 (866 bp). Furthermore, we constructed two plant expression vectors, pCA-NCre-In and pCA-Ic-CCre, containing NCre866-In and Ic-CCre866 fragments, respectively. After transformation, parent lines of transgenic Arabidopsis with one single copy were generated and used for hybridization. The results of GUS staining demonstrated that the recombination activity of split-Cre could be reassembled in these hybrid progeny of transgenic plants through hybridization and the foreign genes flanked by two loxP sites were efficiently excised. Our strategy may provide an effective approach for generating the next generation of GM hybrid crops without biosafety concerns.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Arabidopsis
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Transgenes
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Integrasas
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Inteínas
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Hibridación Genética
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Plant Cell Rep
Asunto de la revista:
BOTANICA
Año:
2016
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Article
País de afiliación:
China