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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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