Inhibition of Agrobacterium growth
PCT and US application filed by Monsanto
Overgrowth of Agrobacterium jeopardizes the survival of the
transformed plant cells and also has an effect on the T-DNA transfer process.
Insertion of multiple copies of a gene of interest into a plant cell is
influenced by the frequency of T-DNA transfer into the cell.
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocols strive to attain
transformation events with a limited number of copies of DNA entering into any
one cell. The presence of multiple inserts can lead to gene silencing or reduce
expression levels of transformed genes, which is caused by several mechanisms
including recombination between the multiple copies. Inhibiting agents of
Agrobacterium growth should be effective against the bacterium but
remain neutral with respect to plant cell growth.
Monsanto's applications relate to the control of
Agrobacterium growth during the transformation process in
order to improve transformation efficiency. The use of inhibiting agents during
inoculation and co-culture of Agrobacterium with a transformable plant
cell results, according to the disclosure, in increased transformation
efficiencies and a low copy number of an introduced genetic component in several
plant systems. Preferred growth-inhibiting agents are compounds containing heavy
metals such as silver nitrate or silver thiosulfate, antibiotics such as
carbenicillin, and a combination of antibiotics and a clavulanic acid such as
augmentin or timentin.
PCT Application Information
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Patent Number
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Title, Independent Claims and Summary of Claims
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Assignee
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WO
2001/09302
- Earliest priority - 29 July 1999
- Filed - 28 July 2000
- OPI - 8 February 2001
- Expected Expiry - N/A
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Title - A novel Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation
method
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Claim 1
A method of transforming a plant cell or plant tissue using an
Agrobacterium mediated process comprising the steps of:
A)
inoculating a transformable plant cell or tissue with Agrobacterium
containing at least one genetic component capable of being transferred to the
plant cell or tissue in the presence of at least one growth inhibiting agent;
B) co-culturing the transformable plant cell or tissue after inoculation
in a media capable of supporting growth of plant cells or tissue expressing the
genetic component, said media not containing a growth inhibiting agent;
C)
selecting transformed plant cells or tissue; and
D) regenerating a
transformed plant expressing the genetic component from the selected transformed
plant cells or tissue.
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| Claim 23
A method of transforming a plant cell or plant tissue using an
Agrobacterium mediated process comprising the steps of: A) inoculating
a transformable plant cell or tissue with Agrobacterium containing at
least one genetic component capable of being transferred to the plant cell or
tissue;
B) co-culturing the transformable plant cell or tissue after
inoculation in a media capable of supporting growth of plant cells or tissue
expressing the genetic component, said media further containing a growth
inhibiting agent;
C) selecting transformed plant cells or tissue;
and
D) regenerating a transformed plant expressing the genetic component
from the selected transformed cells or tissue.
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| Claim 45
A method of transforming a plant cell or plant tissue using an
Agrobacterium mediated process comprising the steps of:
A)
inoculating a transformable plant cell or tissue with Agrobacterium
containing at least one genetic component capable of being transferred to the
plant cell or tissue in the presence of at least one growth inhibiting agent;
B) co-culturing the transformable plant cell or tissue after inoculation
in a media capable of supporting growth of the plant cells or tissue expressing
the genetic component, said media further containing a growth inhibiting agent;
C) selecting transformed plant cells or tissue; and
D) regenerating a
transformed plant expressing the genetic component from the selected transformed
cells or tissue.
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The claims as filed of the PCT application recite:
- methods of transforming plant cells or tissues with Agrobacterium
, where the growth of Agrobacterium cells is inhibited during:
- the inoculation phase, where Agrobacterium and plant cells are
first brought into contact with each other;
- the co-cultivation phase, where Agrobacterium and plant cells are
grown together for for an unspecified period; or
- both the inoculation and co-cultivation phases.
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Monsanto
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US
2003204875 AA
- Earliest priority - 29 July 1999
- Filed - 17 April 2003
- Published -30 Oct 2003
- Status -pending
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Title - Novel Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation
method
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Claim 1
A method of transforming a plant cell or plant tissue using an
Agrobacterium mediated process comprising the steps of:
- inoculating a transformable plant cell or tissue with Agrobacterium
containing at least one genetic component capable of being transferred to the
plant cell or tissue in the presence of at least one growth inhibiting agent;
- co-culturing the transformable plant cell or tissue after inoculation in a
media capable of supporting growth of plant cells or tissue expressing the
genetic component, said media not containing a growth inhibiting agent;
- selecting transformed plant cells or tissue; and
- regenerating a transformed plant expressing the genetic component from the
selected transformed plant cells or tissue.
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Claim 23
A method of transforming a plant cell or plant tissue using an
Agrobacterium mediated process comprising the steps of:
- inoculating a transformable plant cell or tissue with Agrobacterium
containing at least one genetic component capable of being transferred to the
plant cell or tissue;
- co-culturing the transformable plant cell or tissue after inoculation in a
media capable of supporting growth of plant cells or tissue expressing the
genetic component, said media further containing a growth inhibiting agent;
- selecting transformed plant cells or tissue; and
- regenerating a transformed plant expressing the genetic component from the
selected transformed cells or tissue.
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Claim 45
A method of transforming a plant cell or plant tissue using an
Agrobacterium mediated process comprising the steps of:
- inoculating a transformable plant cell or tissue with Agrobacterium
containing at least one genetic component capable of being transferred to the
plant cell or tissue in the presence of at least one growth inhibiting agent;
- co-culturing the transformable plant cell or tissue after inoculation in a
media capable of supporting growth of the plant cells or tissue expressing the
genetic component, said media further containing a growth inhibiting agent;
- selecting transformed plant cells or tissue; and
- regenerating a transformed plant expressing the genetic component from the
selected transformed cells or tissue.
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This application is a division of
US
6603061, which is the priority document of
WO
2001/09302. Claims of granted US 6603061 recite a method of
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation that is limited to that transforming
a corn plant (claim 1) or a dicotyledonous plant (claim 4).
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| Remarks |
- National phase entry of
WO
2001/09302 in Australia (AU 200063892) has lapsed on 3 April 2003.
- National phase entry of
WO
2001/09302 in Canada (CA 2381254) is deemed dead on 28 July 2004.
- National phase entry of
WO
2001/09302 in Europe (EP 1200613) and Japan (JP 2003506035) are
pending.
- Other national phase entry of
WO
2001/09302 includes: Brazil (BR 200013187).
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