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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Transformação genética de laranjas \'Pera\' e \'Natal\' (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) com o gene atacina A (attA), dirigido por promotores preferencialmente expressos no floema, para resistência a Candidatus Liberibacter spp. / Genetic transformation of oranges \'Pera\' and \'Natal\' (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) with the gene attacin A (attA), driven by preferentially expressed in phloem promoters for resistance to Candidatus Liberibacter spp.

Oliveira, Carolina Rossi de 05 September 2014 (has links)
Atualmente o Brasil ocupa lugar de destaque entre os produtores de citros sendo o maior produtor de laranja doce do mundo. Entretanto, essa produção vem sendo gravemente afetada, por doenças como o huanglongbing (HLB), que tem causado perdas significativas para toda cadeia citrícola. O HLB está associado a bactérias Gram-negativas, restritas ao floema das plantas, denominadas Candidatus Liberibacter spp., que além de reduzir a produção de frutos, podem, em casos mais severos da doença, ocasionar a morte da planta. Uma importante estratégia para controle desta doença é a produção de plantas transgênicas expressando genes, especificamente no local de colonização do patógeno. O objetivo deste trabalho foi a obtenção de plantas transgênicas de Citrus sinensis cvs. \'Pera\' e \'Natal\', contendo o gene atacina A (attA) que codifica um peptídeo antibacteriano, dirigido por promotores preferencialmente expressos no floema: AtSuc2 (transportador de sacarose) ou AtPP2 (proteína de floema 2), clonados de Arabidopsis thaliana, ou CsPP2 (proteína de floema 2) clonado de Citrus sinensis. A identificação de 65 plantas transgênicas foi realizada, por meio da análise de PCR. Foi verificado um número menor de eventos transgênicos, utilizando-se a construção gênica pCAtSuc2/attA em relação ao número de eventos transgênicos obtidos com as construções gênicas pCCsPP2/attA e pCAtPP2/attA. Plantas identificadas como transgênicas pela análise de PCR, foram aclimatizadas e transferidas para casa-devegetação certificada para o cultivo de plantas transgênicas. Análises de Southern blot foram realizadas em plantas aclimatizadas que apresentaram desenvolvimento suficiente, confirmando-se a integração do gene attA. A expressão do gene attA foi confirmada pela análise de RT-qPCR. As plantas transgênicas obtidas neste trabalho, contendo o gene attA dirigido por promotores preferencialmente expressos no floema, serão avaliadas em uma etapa futura para resistência a Candidatus Liberibacter spp. / Currently, Brazil is a major citrus producer and the world\'s largest producer of sweet oranges. However, diseases, such as huanglongbing (HLB) have seriously affected this production, causing significant losses in citrus production chain. HLB is associated with Gram-negative bacterias, restricted to the phloem of plants, called Candidatus Liberibacter spp., which besides reducing fruit production, can lead to plant death. An important strategy to control this disease is the production of transgenic plants expressing genes, specifically at the region of pathogen colonization. The aim of this study was to obtain transgenic plants of Citrus sinensis cv. \'Natal\' and \'Pera\', containing the gene attacin A (attA) that encodes an antibacterial peptide, driven by preferentially expressed in phloem promoters: AtSuc2 (sucrose transporter) or AtPP2 (phloem protein 2), cloned from Arabidopsis thaliana, or CsPP2 (phloem protein 2) cloned from Citrus sinensis. The identification of 65 transgenic plants was performed by PCR analysis. A lower number of transgenic events were verified using the gene construct pCAtSuc2/attA in relation events obtained with the gene constructs pCCsPP2/attA and pCAtPP2/attA. Plants identified as transgenic by PCR analysis were acclimatized and transferred to a greenhouse certified for growing transgenic plants. The Southern blot analyses were performed in acclimatized plants, which had sufficiently developed, confirming the integration of attA gene. The expression of attA gene was confirmed by RT-qPCR analysis. The transgenic plants obtained in this work, containing the gene attA directed by preferentially expressed in phloem promoters, will be further evaluated for resistance to Candidatus Liberibacter spp.
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Transformação genética de laranjas \'Pera\' e \'Natal\' (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) com o gene atacina A (attA), dirigido por promotores preferencialmente expressos no floema, para resistência a Candidatus Liberibacter spp. / Genetic transformation of oranges \'Pera\' and \'Natal\' (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) with the gene attacin A (attA), driven by preferentially expressed in phloem promoters for resistance to Candidatus Liberibacter spp.

Carolina Rossi de Oliveira 05 September 2014 (has links)
Atualmente o Brasil ocupa lugar de destaque entre os produtores de citros sendo o maior produtor de laranja doce do mundo. Entretanto, essa produção vem sendo gravemente afetada, por doenças como o huanglongbing (HLB), que tem causado perdas significativas para toda cadeia citrícola. O HLB está associado a bactérias Gram-negativas, restritas ao floema das plantas, denominadas Candidatus Liberibacter spp., que além de reduzir a produção de frutos, podem, em casos mais severos da doença, ocasionar a morte da planta. Uma importante estratégia para controle desta doença é a produção de plantas transgênicas expressando genes, especificamente no local de colonização do patógeno. O objetivo deste trabalho foi a obtenção de plantas transgênicas de Citrus sinensis cvs. \'Pera\' e \'Natal\', contendo o gene atacina A (attA) que codifica um peptídeo antibacteriano, dirigido por promotores preferencialmente expressos no floema: AtSuc2 (transportador de sacarose) ou AtPP2 (proteína de floema 2), clonados de Arabidopsis thaliana, ou CsPP2 (proteína de floema 2) clonado de Citrus sinensis. A identificação de 65 plantas transgênicas foi realizada, por meio da análise de PCR. Foi verificado um número menor de eventos transgênicos, utilizando-se a construção gênica pCAtSuc2/attA em relação ao número de eventos transgênicos obtidos com as construções gênicas pCCsPP2/attA e pCAtPP2/attA. Plantas identificadas como transgênicas pela análise de PCR, foram aclimatizadas e transferidas para casa-devegetação certificada para o cultivo de plantas transgênicas. Análises de Southern blot foram realizadas em plantas aclimatizadas que apresentaram desenvolvimento suficiente, confirmando-se a integração do gene attA. A expressão do gene attA foi confirmada pela análise de RT-qPCR. As plantas transgênicas obtidas neste trabalho, contendo o gene attA dirigido por promotores preferencialmente expressos no floema, serão avaliadas em uma etapa futura para resistência a Candidatus Liberibacter spp. / Currently, Brazil is a major citrus producer and the world\'s largest producer of sweet oranges. However, diseases, such as huanglongbing (HLB) have seriously affected this production, causing significant losses in citrus production chain. HLB is associated with Gram-negative bacterias, restricted to the phloem of plants, called Candidatus Liberibacter spp., which besides reducing fruit production, can lead to plant death. An important strategy to control this disease is the production of transgenic plants expressing genes, specifically at the region of pathogen colonization. The aim of this study was to obtain transgenic plants of Citrus sinensis cv. \'Natal\' and \'Pera\', containing the gene attacin A (attA) that encodes an antibacterial peptide, driven by preferentially expressed in phloem promoters: AtSuc2 (sucrose transporter) or AtPP2 (phloem protein 2), cloned from Arabidopsis thaliana, or CsPP2 (phloem protein 2) cloned from Citrus sinensis. The identification of 65 transgenic plants was performed by PCR analysis. A lower number of transgenic events were verified using the gene construct pCAtSuc2/attA in relation events obtained with the gene constructs pCCsPP2/attA and pCAtPP2/attA. Plants identified as transgenic by PCR analysis were acclimatized and transferred to a greenhouse certified for growing transgenic plants. The Southern blot analyses were performed in acclimatized plants, which had sufficiently developed, confirming the integration of attA gene. The expression of attA gene was confirmed by RT-qPCR analysis. The transgenic plants obtained in this work, containing the gene attA directed by preferentially expressed in phloem promoters, will be further evaluated for resistance to Candidatus Liberibacter spp.
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Immune evolution in the Immigrans-Tripunctata clade of Drosophila

Hanson, Mark 21 December 2015 (has links)
Drosophila melanogaster has been integral to unravelling the mechanisms of animalian immunity. Diverse species of Drosophila with sequenced genomes have been used to characterize how immune systems respond to natural selection. However, Drosophila is an incredibly speciose lineage, especially so in the subgenus Drosophila. Of the 12 genomes sequenced in 2007, ushering in the era of Drosophila comparative genomics, only three were subgenus Drosophila flies, and none were from the lesser- characterized Immigrans-Tripunctata clade. Recently, multiple Immigrans-Tripunctata clade Drosophila have been sequenced, including the transcriptome of Drosophila neotestacea. I investigated the realized immune responses of D. neotestacea to characterize the immune repertoire of this divergent lineage. The signalling pathways of D. neotestacea were largely conserved, though there were interesting patterns of evolution in antimicrobial peptide genes (AMPs). One of these AMPs, a diptericin, was highly dissimilar to diptericins in D. melanogaster, and conserved in other subgenus Drosophila flies. This prompted me to characterize the evolution of the diptericin gene family in Drosophila. I found that Drosophila diptericins have evolved under positive selection, and display intriguing differences in net charge to well-conserved diptericin domains. I assessed the expression profile of this divergent D. neotestacea diptericin, and found that it did not respond to Serratia bacterial challenge, unlike diptericin in D. melanogaster. I also highlight a potential novel drosocin-like AMP conserved throughout the subgenus Drosophila. These results agree that signalling pathways are highly conserved in diverse insects, including Drosophila. However seemingly-conserved effectors of the Drosophila immune response (such as AMPs) may have previously unappreciated variation in expression and function. / Graduate / 0718 / 0353 / 0369 / markhans@uvic.ca

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