Campus Units
Agronomy
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
11-2002
Journal or Book Title
Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Volume
105
Issue
6
First Page
937
Last Page
945
DOI
10.1007/s00122-002-1036-8
Abstract
We have produced transgenic maize plants containing a wheat Glu-1Dx5 gene encoding the high-molecular-weight glutenin subunit 1Dx5. Analysis by SDS-PAGE showed that a protein similar in size to the wheat 1Dx5 subunit accumulates in the endosperm of transgenic maize from four independent transformation events. This protein reacts with a monoclonal antibody specific to the wheat 1Dx5 subunit and was not detected in nontransgenic controls or in pollen, anthers, leaves or embryos of plants grown from seeds expressing this protein in endosperm. Genomic Southern-blot analysis is consistent with results from SDS-PAGE and indicates that the transgene integration sites are complex and are different in the four events studied. Using the presence of this protein as a phenotypic marker, we studied the inheritance of this gene through three sexual generations. Reciprocal crosses with nontransgenic plants and self-pollinations were performed, and the resulting kernels were analyzed for the presence of the 1Dx5 subunit. These data, together with PCR analysis for the transgene, suggest that the transgene is inefficiently transmitted through pollen in all four events.
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Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Sangtong, Varaporn; Moran, Daniel L.; Chikwamba, Rachel Kerina; Wang, K.; Woodman-Clikeman, W.; Long, M. J.; Lee, M.; and Scott, Marvin Paul, "Expression and inheritance of the wheat Glu-1DX5 gene in transgenic maize" (2002). Agronomy Publications. 81.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/agron_pubs/81
Comments
This article is from Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105 (2002): 937, doi: 10.1007/s00122-002-1036-8.