RESUMEN
The marker-free transgenic tobacco plants carrying a synthetic gene encoding the antimicrobial peptide cecropin P1 (cecP1) under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S RNA promoter were produced. The binary vector pBM, free of any selective genes of resistance to antibiotics or herbicides intended for selecting transgenic plants, was used for transformation. The transformants were screened on a nonselective medium by detecting cecropin P1 in plant cells according to the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and enzyme immunoassay. According to the two used methods, 2% of the analyzed regenerants were transformants. The resulting marker-free plants displayed a considerably increased resistance to microbial phytopathogens-the bacterium Erwinia carotovora and fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Thus, the gene cecP1 can be concurrently used as a target gene and a screening marker. The utility of cecP1 as a selective gene for direct selection of transformed plants is discussed.
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Ascomicetos/crecimiento & desarrollo , Proteínas Bacterianas/biosíntesis , Cecropinas/biosíntesis , Nicotiana/metabolismo , Pectobacterium carotovorum/genética , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/metabolismo , Proteínas Bacterianas/genética , Caulimovirus , Cecropinas/genética , Marcadores Genéticos , Vectores Genéticos , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/genética , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/crecimiento & desarrollo , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/microbiología , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Nicotiana/genética , Nicotiana/crecimiento & desarrollo , Nicotiana/microbiologíaRESUMEN
The influence of colonization of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera (Alef) Krass) and white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) plants by methylotrophic bacteria Methylovorus mays on the growth, rooting, and plant resistance to phytopathogen bacteria Erwinia carotovora was investigated. The colonization by methylobacteria led to their steady association with the plants which had increased growth speed, root formation and photosynthetic activity. The colonized plants had increased resistance to Erwinia carotovora phytopathogen and were better adapted to greenhouse conditions. The obtained results showed the perspectives for the practical implementation of methylobacteria in the ecologically clean microbiology substances used as the plant growth stimulators and for the plant protection from pathogens.