Plastid genetic engineering via somatic embryogenesis
US7767885B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 25, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8258
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of transforming plant plastids and regenerating fertile transplastomic plants by somatic embryogenesis is disclosed. The method involves transforming a plant plastid in a plant cell capable of being regenerated through somatic embryogenesis with a plastid expression cassette comprising one or more selectable marker genes that express in both green and non-green tissue and in light and dark conditions wherein the selectable marker gene product provides resistance of the plant cell to a selection agent. The transplastomic plant cell is cultured in the presence of the selection agent under conditions to cause the formation of a somatic embryo. The somatic embryo is grown into a fertile transplastomic plant. Preferably, the expression cassette contains two different selectable marker genes that express different proteins that provide plant cell resistance to the same selection agent.
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