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Plasmids with a synthetic gene of the mammalian antimicrobial peptide cecropin P1 (cecP1) controlled by the constitutive promoter 35S RNA of cauliflower mosaic virus were constructed. Agrobacterial transformation of tobacco plants was conducted using the obtained recombinant binary vector. The presence of gene cecP1 in the plant genome was confirmed by PCR. The expression of gene cecP1 in transgenic plants was shown by Northern blot analysis. The obtained transgenic plants exhibit enhanced resistance to phytopathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas syringae, P. marginata, and Erwinia carotovora. The ability of transgenic plants to express cecropin P1 was transmitted to the progeny. F0 and F1 plants had the normal phenotype (except for a changed coloration of flowers) and retained the ability to produce normal viable seeds upon self-pollination. Lines of F1 plants with Mendelian segregation of transgenic traits were selected.
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Translated from Genetika, Vol. 41, No. 11, 2005, pp. 1445–1452.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Zakharchenko, Rukavtsova, Gudkov, Buryanov.
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Zakharchenko, N.S., Rukavtsova, E.B., Gudkov, A.T. et al. Enhanced Resistance to Phytopathogenic Bacteria in Transgenic Tobacco Plants with Synthetic Gene of Antimicrobial Peptide Cecropin P1. Russ J Genet 41, 1187–1193 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11177-005-0218-2
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