Lotus transformation

Lotus corniculatus (hairy roots-transformed, Agrobacterium rhizogenes) A. rhizogenes Root tip elongation Root proton excretion Protoplast electrical potential102... 

Anaerobic incubations of tetrachloroethylene with soils collected from lotus, rice, and vegetable fields in Japan resulted in biodegradation rates which varied with soil type, temperature, and initial concentration of tetrachloroethylene (Yagi et al. 1992). The decline in tetrachloroethylene concentration over 42 days was accompanied by an increase in the concentration of trichloroethylene, implicating this compound as a major metabolite. In an anaerobic column operated under methanogenic conditions, 100% transformation of injected tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene to vinyl chloride was obtained after 10 days (Vogel and McCarty 1985). 

Edwards, M.E. et ah, The seeds of Lotus japonicus fines transformed with sense, antisense, and sense/ antisense galactomannan galactosyltransferase constructs have structurally altered galactomannans in their endosperm cell walls, Plant Physiol, 134,1153, 2004. 

Transgenic Plants Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of the Diploid Legume Lotus Japonicus... 

FIGURE 2 Flow scheme for transformation and regeneration of Lotus japonicus. 

TABLE I Summary of Parameters for Transformation and Regeneration of Lotus Japonicus... 

Jian B, Hou W, Wu C, Liu B, Liu W, Song S, Bi Y, Han T (2009) Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation of Superroot-derived Lotus corniculatus plants a valuable tool for functional genomics. BMC Plant Biol 9 78-92... 

Suzuki, H. et al. (2008) Metabolic profiling of flavonoids in Lotus japonicus using liquid chromatography Fourier transform ion cyclotron... 

It is worthwhile to note that a fiber-like network layer is observed at the inner surface of the as-spun fiber, and it is hypothesized to be caused by the high-pressure difference between the polymer solution and the bore fluid during the spinning process. In addition, the lotus-root-like structure of the multibore hollow fiber gradually transforms into a wheel structure when the fiber is subjected to take-up stretching... 

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