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Arabidopsis thaliana Transformation

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Introductions

Arabidopsis, also known as Arabian grass, is a cruciferous plant, and its Latin name is Arabidopsis thaliana (L.). Because Arabidopsis has the following characteristics, it has become an ideal material for genetic research:

Arabidopsis thaliana Transformation

  • Self-pollinated, highly genetically homozygous
  • Small genome(The total length of each haploid chromosome group (n=5) is only 70 million base pairs, that is, only 1/80 of the length of wheat chromosome group)
  • Shorter plants
  • Many seeds (each plant can produce thousands of seeds)
  • Short growth cycle (about 4-6 weeks from germination to flowering)
  • Planting conditions are easy to reach and planting is convenient
  • Simple genetic transformation method
  • It has obvious morphological characteristics, which is conducive to the observation of mutant phenotype.

Arabidopsis thaliana has been widely used in agricultural molecular breeding, for example, in the process of studying plant development, signal transduction, genetics, genomics, response to the environment, response to microorganisms, and so on.

Services

Lifeasible has established an Arabidopsis genetic transformation platform with Agrobacterium soaking method. The platform has a complete, large-scale and standardized technical system, providing professional and convenient technology for scientific research staff who service Arabidopsis as the research object.

Customer provided materials

  • The sequence of the target gene and the Gene Bank ID
  • Plasmids, Agrobacterium, etc.
  • Vector to be transformed (conventional vector can also be provided by us)

※ We do not accept the transformation service of lethal genes or severely defective genes. If there are any of the above, please inform our company in advance.

Arabidopsis species that can be transformed

  • Genetic transformation of Col-0 / ler (wild type)
  • Genetic transformation of mutants/other varieties

Workflow of Arabidopsis transformation

  • Vector construction and transformation of recombinant plasmid into Agrobacterium (optional)
  • Agrobacterium infection of Arabidopsis thaliana inflorescence operation (3 times)
  • Screening of T0 generation transgenic positive plants
  • Harvesting of T1 generation seeds

Feedback to customers

  • T1 generation seeds (T1 generation positive lines ≥12)
  • PCR identification of inserted genes in T1 generation seeds
  • T2 or T3 generation seed (optional)

Service process

Online order — Order/experimental material confirmation — Culture required Arabidopsis seedlings — Agrobacterium infection inflorescence — Harvest T0 generation seeds — Screen for transgenic positive seedlings — Collect T1 generation seeds (optional) — Express genetically modified seeds or seedling according to customer requirements

Project cycle

Takes about 3~4 months

Advantages

Advantages of Arabidopsis thaliana Transformation - Lifeasible

※ It should be noted that our service is only used for research.

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