Modern agriculture often employs broad-spectrum herbicides combined with herbicide-resistant crops. Usually, this is achieved by altering the crop genom (genetic modification) by inserting of a specific gene coding for resistance to specific herbicide or group of herbicides. Apllying such herbicide thus results in minor crop damage. The resistence of crops against broad-spectrum herbicides depends on the genes, which were inserted into the genom. The gene bar is often used as a resistence -providing element. It mediates resistance against a broad spectrum of herbicides, such as glufosinate and Bialahops. For the selection of transformants and preliminary assessment of the target transgen expression level a suitable marker gene is simultaneously inserted. For this purpose, gene for bacterial ??glucuronidase (GUS) is often used. It is considered to be one of the most frequently used reporter systems for the assessment of transgen expression and also allows to analyze the expression on the tissue, cell and whole cell organelles levels. In this diploma thesis the PCR method and histochemical detection of the enzyme glucuronidase presence were used to detect and evaluate transgenic plants of cv. Golden Promise spring barley, modified by genes bar and gus. The presence of gus gene was determined in different parts of plants.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:115899 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | KOCKOVÁ, Lucie |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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