Virus induced gene silencing in Brachypodium distachyon, a model organism for cereals

Abstract Brachypodium distachyon is emerging as a model organism for crops as a better alternative to Oryzae sativa. It shares common characteristics of a model plant with its small genome, small physical plant size, a short lifecycle, and less demanding growth requirements similar to Arabidopsis thaliana. In this study, we are reporting for the first time, an implementation of virus induced gene silencing (VIGS), a powerful method allowing rapid and effective means of loss of gene function through RNA interference. To this end, Phytoene desaturase (Pds) gene, commonly preferred in gene silencing studies as a phenotypic marker, was silenced using Barley Stripe Mosaic Virus (BSMV), the most effectively used virus in monocots for VIGS., a fragment of the ORF of the B. distachyonPds gene was cloned into the BSMV vector having the γ genome proviral DNA. The decreased Pds gene expression was confirmed after plant infection by qRT-PCR. The effectiveness of BSMV infection was also tested with the transcripts of the vector constructed for GFP expression. We believe the demonstration of BSMV mediated VIGS will be an important step for evaluating functions of crop genes in this model organism..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:100

Enthalten in:

Plant cell, tissue and organ culture - 100(2009), 1 vom: 13. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Demircan, Turan [VerfasserIn]
Akkaya, Mahinur S. [VerfasserIn]

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BKL:

42.03

42.40

48.03

48.56

Themen:

(
) gene
GFP expression
Gene silencing
QRT-PCR
VIGS

doi:

10.1007/s11240-009-9623-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR018035949