Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of uracil auxotroph Aspergillus fumigatus is an efficient method for target gene knockout
- VernacularTitle:根癌农杆菌介导的尿嘧啶缺陷烟曲霉转化是基因敲除的有效方法
- Author:
Jianjun QIAO
;
Wei LIU
;
Yan MA
;
Zhe WAN
;
Ruoyu LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Rhizobium radiobacter;
Aspergillus fumigatus;
Genes
- From:
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences)
2004;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the efficiency of Agrobacterium tumefaciensmediated transfor-mation of Aspergillus fumigatus by using pyrG as a recessive selectable marker.Methods: FAP1 and SHO1 genes target sequences,composed of a selectable marker pyrG and the flanking sequences of the FAP1 and the SHO1 genes,were cloned into a binary plasmid pDHt/sk,respectively.The produced plasmids were transformed into A.tumefaciens.The A.tumefaciens and uracil auxotroph A.fumigatus were cocultured in induction medium without uricil and uridine at 24 ℃ for 48 h.To inhibit growth of A.tumefaciens and to select transformants,the cultures were transferred to 37 ℃ and incubated for another 48 h.Results: In this study,A.tumefaciens-medidated transformation of A.fumigatus produced high homologous recombination rates,which was 44%(7 of 16) for FAP1 and 35%(7 of 20) for SHO1.Conclusion: Our study showed that A.tumefaciens-medidated transformation by using pyrG as a recessive selectable marker is an efficient tool for target gene deletion of A.fumigatus.