Dual screening for targeted gene replacement mutant in Magnaporthe oryzae with GUS as negative marker / 生物工程学报
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
;
(12): 129-138, 2009.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-302844
ABSTRACT
To improve the efficiency of targeted gene replacement (TGR), a dual screen (DS) system with gusA gene as negative selective marker (GUS-DS) was developed in Magnaporthe oryzae. First, we tested the endogenous beta-glucuronidase (GUS) activities of 78 fungal strains. All tested strains were GUS-, only with 3 exceptions. Whereas, after the gusA being introduced in, M. oryzae, Fusarium oxysporum and Colletotrichum lagenarium acquired high GUS activities. The gusA is thus usable as a selective maker in fungal species. With gusA as the negative marker, HPH gene as the positive marker, and the peroxisomal targeting signal receptor genes MGPEX5 and MGPEX7 as 2 instances of target genes, we established the GUS-DS system. After transformation, we collected the transformants from hygromycin B screen media and then tested the GUS activities of them. The GUS- ones were selected as potential mutants and checked in succession by PCR and Southern blotting to identify the true mutants and calculate the efficiency of GUS-DS. As a result, GUS-DS improved the screen efficiency for delta mgpex5 from 65.8% to 90.6%, and for delta mgpex7 from 31.2% to 82.8%. In addition, we established a multiple PCR (M-PCR) method for mutant confirmation. By amplifying the different regions at the targeted locus, M-PCR differentiated the wild type, the ectopic transformants and the mutants effectively and rapidly, and had the same reliability as Southern blotting. In conclusion, GUS-DS and M-PCR are useful tools to improve the efficiency of TGR and would be helpful for fungal genomics.
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Main subject:
Recombination, Genetic
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Transformation, Genetic
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Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
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Mutagenesis, Insertional
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Magnaporthe
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Escherichia coli
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Genes, Fungal
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Genetics
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Glucuronidase
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Methods
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Screening study
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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