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P-53<br />
Marker-free transgenic grapevines using the Cre/lox recombination system<br />
G. Buchholz*, M. Sinn, T. Manthey, C. Dubois, G.M. Reustle<br />
RLP AgroScience GmbH, AlPlanta, - Institute for Plant Research, Neustadt / W, Germany<br />
*Corresponding author: guenther.buchholz@agroscience.rip.de<br />
The production of transgenic plants usually requires the application of selectable marker genes,<br />
enabling the specific selection of genetically modified cells <strong>and</strong> their regeneration to intact<br />
plants. Antibiotic resistance marker genes (ARMG) generally used for selection are insignificant<br />
for the practical use of the plants. In the scope of a network project funded by the Federal<br />
Ministry of Education <strong>and</strong> Research (BMBF) on the subject “optimisation of biological safety of<br />
transgenic plants”, the Cre/lox recombination system of the bacteriophage P1 was tested by RLP<br />
AgroScience to eliminate the ARMG from grapevine. For this reason, a vector system was<br />
developed allowing the removal of the ARMG by induced activity of the Cre-recombinase after<br />
transformation <strong>and</strong> regeneration. The essential feature of the construct is the concerted removal<br />
of the co-localised ARMG <strong>and</strong> cre-Gene cassettes from the genome by a sequence-specific<br />
recombination event. For the easy detection of a successful recombination, the coding sequence<br />
of a grapevine myb-transcription factor was inserted as a "gene of interest". In the case of<br />
recombination, this myb-factor activates the biosynthesis of anthocyanin, resulting in red<br />
coloured cells. The proof-of-concept was verified both in the model plant tobacco <strong>and</strong> in<br />
embryogenic grapevine cell culture.<br />
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