11. The basis of Agrobacterium-
mediated genetic engineering
T-DNA of A. tumefaciens is excised and
integrates into the plant genome as part of the
natural infection process.
Any foreign DNA inserted into the T-DNA will
also be integrated.
12.
13. Tissue culture is a process that involves exposing plant
tissue to a specific regimen of nutrients, hormones, and
light under sterile, in vitro conditions to produce many
new plants, each a clone of the original mother plant,
over a very short period of time
18. Phage Composition and Structure
Composition
– Nucleic acid
• Genome
size
• Modified
bases
– Protein
• Protection
• Infection
Structure
– Head or capsid
– Tail
Tail
Tail Fibers
Base Plate
Head/Capsid
Contractile
Sheath
19. Generalized Transduction
Potentially any donor gene can be transferred
• Infection of Donor
• Phage replication and degradation of host DNA
•Assembly of phages particles
•Release of phage
•Infection of recipient
•Homologous recombination
20. Conjugation
Definition: Gene transfer from a
donor to a recipient by direct
physical contact between cells
Mating types in bacteria
– Donor
• F factor (Fertility factor)
– F (sex) pilus
Donor
Recipient
– Recipient
• Lacks an F factor