Abstract
Inducible expression of a pathogen effector has been proven to be a powerful strategy for dissecting its virulence and avirulence functions. However, leaky expression of some effector proteins can cause drastic physiological changes, such as growth retardation, accelerated senescence, and sterility. Unfortunately, leaky expression from current inducible vectors is unavoidable. To overcome these problems, a highly efficient Arabidopsis transformation protocol is described here, which allows the generation of hundreds to over a thousand T1 plants for selecting appropriate lines. In addition, since transgenic silencing is frequently observed, a principle for screening stable transgenic plants is also introduced.
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Work in the Gassmann lab is supported by NSF grants IOS-112114 and IOS-1456181.
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Pike, S., Gassmann, W., Su, J. (2019). Generating Transgenic Arabidopsis Plants for Functional Analysis of Pathogen Effectors and Corresponding R Proteins. In: Gassmann, W. (eds) Plant Innate Immunity. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1991. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9458-8_18
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