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Volume 27, No. (2), 2017 (April)
GENERATION OF TRANSGENIC RICE EXPRESSING CYCLOTIDE PRECURSOR OLDENLANDIA AFFINIS KALATA B1 PROTEIN
Y. Y. Lim1 and K. S. Lai*1,2

Y. Y. Lim1 and K. S. Lai*1,2

1Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
2Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor DE, Malaysia.

Corresponding Author: laikoksong@upm.edu.my
DOI: N/A
Page Number(s): 667-671
Published Online First: April 01, 2017
Publication Date: April 01, 2017
ABSTRACT

Golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) is a devastating pest on rice that causes heavy economic losses in South East Asia. In this study, we transformed mature seed-derived rice callus with plasmid containing Oldenlandia affinis kalata B1 (Oak1) gene encoding precursor’s protein for potent molluscicidal agent of cyclotidekalata B1 targeting the golden apple snails. A total of 11 independent T0 transformants were recovered and 7 were positive Oak1 transformants according to genomic PCR analysis. The Oak1 mRNA transcript was successfully detected on all the tested T0 transformants using real-time PCR. Further immunoprecipitation experiment using specific Oak1 antibodies confirmed the presence of Oak1 protein expression in the transformants. We report, for the first time, the generation of transgenic rice plants expressing Oak1 as a potential cropprotection strategy against the golden apple snail pest.

Keywords: Cyclotidekalata B1, Golden apple snail,Oak1,Oryzasativa ssp. Indica

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