Abstract
$\beta$-Glucuronidase (GUS) gene of Escherichia coli was introduced into sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) cells by particle bombardment and expressed in the regenerated plants. Microprojectiles coated with DNA of a binary vector pBI121 carrying CaMV35S promoter-GUS gene fusion and a neomycin phosphotransferase gene as selection marker were bombarded on embryogenic calli which originated from shoot apical meristem-derived callus and transferred to Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 1 mg/L 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 100 mg/L kanamycin. Bombarded calli were subcultured at 4 week intervals for six months. Kanamycin-resistant calli transferred to MS medium supplemented with 0.03 mg/L 2iP, 0.03 mg/L ABA, and 50 mg/L kanamycin gave rise to somatic embryos. Upon transfer to MS basal medium without kanamycin, they developed into plantlets. PCR and northern analyses of six regenerants transplanted to potting soil confirmed that the GUS gene was inserted into the genome of the six regenerated plants. A histochemical assay revealed that the GUS gene was preferentially expressed in the vascular bundle and the epidermal layer of leaf, petiole, and tuberous root.
Escherichia coli의 $\beta$-glucuronidase (GUS) 유전자를 고구마의 배발생세포괴에 particle bombardment로 도입하여 재분화 식물체에 발현시켰다. CaMV35S-GUS 융합유전자와 선발표지로서 neomycin phosphotransferase유전자가 들어있는 binary 운반체 pBI121 DNA를 텅스텐 입자로 코팅하여 정단분열 조직 유래의 배발생 세포괴에 bombarding하였다. Bombarding된 세포괴를 1mg/L 2,4-D와 100mg/L kanamycin이 첨가된 MS 배지로 옮겨 한달 간격으로 6개월동안 계대배양하였다. Kanamycin 저항성 캘러스를 0.03mg/L 2iP, 0.03 mg/L ABA 및 50 mg/L kanamycin이 들어있는 MS 배지로 옮겨 체세포배를 유도하였고, kanamycin이 첨가되지 않은 MS 기본배지에서 식물체로 발달시켰다. 토양에서 생육중인 6개체의 식물을 대상으로 PCR과 northern분석을 수행한 결과 GUS 유전자가 식물체 genome에 안정적으로 도입, 발현되었음이 확인되었다. 조직화학적 분석으로 GUS 유전자가 형질전환 식물체에서 발현됨을 밝혔다.
