Agrobactrium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Monascus ruber.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT) was successfully applied to Monascus ruber. The optimum cocultivation time was 84 h with an efficiency of 900 to 1,000 transformants when 1x106 spores were used with the same volume of bacteria. The stability of transformants was over 98% after five generations. When M. ruber was transformed with A. tumefaciens YL-63 containing the green fluorescent protein gene (egfp), the green fluorescent signal was observed throughout hyphae, confirming expression of the gene. This efficient transformation and expression system of M. ruber by ATMT will facilitate the study of this fungus at a molecular genetic level.
Yang
Yun-Jung
YJ
Department of Foods and Nutrition, Kookmin University, Seoul 132-706, Korea.
Lee
Inhyung
I
D016960:Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D032741:Monascus / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins