title: RMDAP: a versatile, ready-to-use toolbox for multigene genetic transformation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The use of transgenes to improve complex traits in crops has challenged current genetic transformation technology for multigene transfer. Therefore, a multigene transformation strategy for use in plant molecular biology and plant genetic breeding is thus needed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Here we describe a versatile, ready-to-use multigene genetic transformation method, named the Recombination-assisted Multifunctional DNA Assembly Platform (RMDAP), which combines many of the useful features of existing plant transformation systems. This platform incorporates three widely-used recombination systems, namely, Gateway technology, in vivo Cre/loxP and recombineering into a highly efficient and reliable approach for gene assembly. RMDAP proposes a strategy for gene stacking and contains a wide range of flexible, modular vectors offering a series of functionally validated genetic elements to manipulate transgene overexpression or gene silencing involved in a metabolic pathway. In particular, the ability to construct a multigene marker-free vector is another attractive feature. The built-in flexibility of original vectors has greatly increased the expansibility and applicability of the system. A proof-of-principle experiment was confirmed by successfully transferring several heterologous genes into the plant genome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This platform is a ready-to-use toolbox for full exploitation of the potential for coordinate regulation of metabolic pathways and molecular breeding, and will eventually achieve the aim of what we call "one-stop breeding."
authors: State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Ma
authors: Jiangli
authors: J
authors: Dong
authors: Yongsheng
authors: Y
authors: Jin
authors: Mingliang
authors: M
authors: Chen
authors: Xiaoye
authors: X
authors: Shen
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: Wang
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