Name: transgenic plants for better crops
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Heredity- Inheritance and Variation of Traits

LS.Bio.8.2

Transgenic Plants

Las plantas transgénicas se producen mediante la introducción de un gen extraño en el genoma de una planta. Estas plantas se pueden desarrollar por una variedad de razones, incluida la resistencia a virus o plagas, un mayor rendimiento o la producción de proteínas terapéuticas.
Para producir una planta transgénica, se introduce un gen de interés y su promotor en el protoplasto de la planta, una célula vegetal sin pared celular, incubando ambos en un medio que contiene polietilenglicol.
El protoplasto recombinante se cultiva en un medio estéril en presencia de reguladores de crecimiento y nutrientes.
Las células del protoplasto crecen indefinidamente, produciendo una masa de células indiferenciadas llamada callo. Algunas células del callo, llamadas células totipotentes, dan lugar a nuevos brotes y raíces, que pueden convertirse en una planta completamente nueva.
Las plantas transgénicas también se pueden crear utilizando la bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens, una bacteria gramnegativa que se encuentra en el suelo. Esta bacteria es un patógeno que normalmente causa enfermedades en las plantas y contiene un plásmido Ti que puede integrarse en el genoma de una célula vegetal.
El plásmido Ti tiene dos regiones de interés: el ADN-T o la región de ADN de transferencia, que se puede insertar en el genoma de la célula huésped, y la región de virulencia para ayudar a la transferencia de ADN-T a la célula huésped.
Este plásmido se modifica insertando un gen deseado en la región del ADN-T y un gen de resistencia a los antibióticos para permitir el crecimiento selectivo de organismos que contienen plásmidos. A continuación, el plásmido recombinante se inserta en las bacterias mediante la aplicación de un pulso eléctrico para aumentar la permeabilidad celular y permitir la absorción del plásmido en las bacterias.
El plásmido portador de Agrobacterium tumefaciens se cultiva en un medio de cultivo que contiene antibióticos.
Las partes de la planta, como los nudos cotiledoniarios de una planta de tomate, se cortan y se incuban en el medio que contiene bacterias.
Las células vegetales heridas en el borde del nodo madre liberan compuestos que atraen a las bacterias. La bacteria infecta la planta y libera el plásmido recombinante, que luego transfiere el gen extraño al genoma de la célula vegetal.
Solo las células transformadas con ADN recombinante y genes resistentes a los antibióticos sobreviven en el medio que contiene antibióticos.
Las células transformadas ahora forman un callo y se convierten en una nueva planta transgénica portadora de un transgén.

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	<li>Ahmad P, Ashraf M, Younis M, Hu X, Kumar A, Akram NA, Al-Qurainy F. Papel de las plantas transgénicas en la agricultura y la biofarmacia. Biotechnol Adv. 2012 Mayo-Junio; 30(3):524-40. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.09.006. Epub 17 de septiembre de 2011. PMID: 21959304.</li>
	<li>Transformación de plantas mediada por agrobacterias: la biología detrás de la herramienta de "gene jockeying". Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2003; 67(1):16-37. doi:10.1128/MMBR.67.1.16-37.2003</li>
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plantas transgénicas

La tecnología del ADN recombinante llamada transgénesis se utiliza a menudo para agregar un gen extraño o eliminar un gen perjudicial de un organismo. Estos organismos genéticamente modificados se denominan organismos transgénicos.

La primera planta transgénica fue una planta de tabaco desarrollada en 1983 que mostró resistencia contra el virus del mosaico del tabaco. Desde entonces, se han desarrollado y comercializado muchas plantas transgénicas para mejorar el valor agrícola, ornamental y hortícola de una planta de cultivo. Las plantas transgénicas también se pueden utilizar como biorreactor para producir metabolitos o proteínas económicamente importantes.

Métodos físicos para transferir genes a plantas.

Se pueden utilizar muchos métodos, como la electroporación y el bombardeo con microproyectiles, para transferir un gen extraño al protoplasto de una planta. Durante la electroporación, un dispositivo envía pulsos de alto voltaje a la suspensión de protoplastos. Esto aumenta la permeabilidad del protoplasto permitiendo que el ADN extraño ingrese a la célula y se integre en el genoma de la planta.

Por el contrario, durante el bombardeo con microproyectiles o el método biolístico, las partículas esféricas hechas de tungsteno u oro (microproyectiles) se recubren con el gen portador del plásmido de interés. Luego, las partículas recubiertas se aceleran a entre 300 y 600 m/s con un instrumento llamado cañón de partículas. El instrumento utiliza gas helio a alta presión para proporcionar fuerza propulsora que ayuda a las partículas recubiertas de plásmido a penetrar la pared celular de la planta. Una vez dentro de la célula, el gen de interés se integra en el genoma de la planta. Este método se puede utilizar para introducir ADN en cultivos de callos, tejidos meristemáticos, embriones inmaduros, suspensiones de células vegetales, etc.

Aplicaciones de las plantas transgénicas

La tecnología del ADN recombinante se utiliza ampliamente en el desarrollo de plantas resistentes a plagas y virus. La técnica también es útil para modificar el contenido de lípidos, almidón y proteínas de las semillas.

Por ejemplo, el arroz dorado es una planta de arroz modificada genéticamente con un valor nutricional mejorado. Esta variedad transgénica de arroz produce β-caroteno, un precursor de la vitamina A que le da un color dorado. Se produce mediante transformación de ADN mediada por Agrobacterium, donde el ADN recombinante que porta tres genes que codifican enzimas: fitoeno sintasa, fitoeno desaturasa y licopeno β-ciclasa se inserta en el genoma de embriones de arroz específicos. Luego, los embriones se convierten en plantas que producen β-caroteno. El arroz dorado se desarrolló para abordar la deficiencia de vitamina A en los países en desarrollo.

Algunas otras plantas transgénicas, como el algodón Bt, han sido modificadas insertando un gen aislado de la bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, una bacteria grampositiva que se encuentra en el suelo. Estas plantas transgénicas producen cristales o proteínas "Cry" que matan a los insectos dañinos, haciendo que la planta sea resistente a los insectos.

Plantas Transgénicas

La tecnología de ADN recombinante llamada transgénesis se utiliza a menudo para agregar un gen extraño o eliminar un gen perjudicial de un organismo. Tales ...

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transgenic plants for better crops

Transgenic plants are crops that have been changed with recombinant DNA technology, also called transgenesis. This method adds a foreign gene or removes a harmful one from an organism. The result is a genetically modified organism. The first transgenic plant was a tobacco plant made in 1983, and it was resistant to tobacco mosaic virus.

Since then, transgenic plants have been developed for many uses in agriculture, horticulture, and ornamental plants. Some are designed to resist pests or viruses. Others are used to improve the lipid, starch, or protein content of seeds. In some cases, transgenic plants can also act as bioreactors and make useful metabolites or proteins.

Foreign genes can be transferred into plant protoplasts by physical methods such as electroporation and microprojectile bombardment. In electroporation, high-voltage pulses make the protoplast membrane more permeable. This allows the foreign DNA to enter the cell and integrate into the plant genome. In microprojectile bombardment, also called the biolistic method, tungsten or gold particles are coated with plasmid DNA and shot into the cells with a particle gun.

The particle gun uses high-pressure helium gas to accelerate the coated microprojectiles to about 300 to 600 m/s. The particles can penetrate the plant cell wall and deliver the gene of interest. This method can be used with callus cultures, meristematic tissues, immature embryos, and plant cell suspensions. Once inside the cell, the introduced DNA can integrate into the plant genome.

A well-known example is golden rice, which has enhanced nutritional value. It produces β-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, and this gives the rice its golden color. Golden rice was made by Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transformation using recombinant DNA with genes for phytoene synthase, phytoene desaturase, and lycopene β-cyclase. It was developed to help address vitamin A deficiency in developing nations.

Another example is Bt cotton. It contains a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis, a gram-positive soil bacterium. The plant makes Cry protein, which kills harmful insects and makes the crop insect resistant. These examples show how transgenic plants can improve crop value and help solve real agricultural problems.

Transgenic Plants for Better Crops

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In Vitro Mutagenesis for Gene Analysis

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Bacterial Transformation in the Lab

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Making Transgenic Organisms

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transgenic plants

Transgenic plants are crops that have been changed with recombinant DNA technology, also called transgenesis. This method adds a foreign gene or removes a harmful one from an organism. The result is a genetically modified organism. The first transgenic plant was a tobacco plant made in 1983, and it was resistant to tobacco mosaic virus. Since then, transgenic plants have been developed for many uses in agriculture, horticulture, and ornamental plants. Some are designed to resist pests or...

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Genome-wide association studies, or GWAS, look for common SNPs, or single nucleotide polymorphisms, that may be linked to disease. Researchers compare how often a SNP appears in people with a disease and in people without it. When a SNP is seen more often in the disease group, it is considered associated with that disease. GWAS uses chi-square analysis to test the chance that an allele is linked to the disease. This approach does not require scientists to first find the target gene behind the...

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Probability Laws

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Understand genetic mechanisms for variation.

Transgenic Plants for Better Crops

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