Development of an Efficient Transformation-Regeneration System for Soybean (Glycine max)

在过去的十年里，选定的转型再生 植物种类已成为常规，并有助于生产 通过基因工程改良植物产品。 然而，在这方面， 尽管付出了巨大的努力，一个有效的转化系统- 再生尚未开发的两个最经济的 植物、谷类和豆类的重要类群。 这个项目 这是一个全面和系统的努力，以发展这种 以大豆为模式实验系统，建立了一个豆科植物的系统。 研究人员是大豆组织培养和遗传学专家， 一位细胞生物学专家，将开发一种 技术通过识别参与再生的细胞。 如果成功，这种技术将直接有助于 豆科植物的基因工程，间接地帮助我们理解 植物转化的基本机制。

During the past decade, the transformation-regeneration of selected plant species has become routine and contributed to the production of improved plant products through genetic engineering. However, despite a large effort, an efficient system for transformation- regeneration has not been developed for the two most economically important groups of plants, cereals and legumes. This project represents a comprehensive and systematic effort to develop such a system for legumes, using soybean as a model experimental system. The investigators, an expert on soybean tissue culture and genetics and an expert in cell biology, will develop a transformation technology by identifying the cells participating in regeneration. If successful, such a technology will contribute directly to the genetic engineering of legumes, and indirectly to our understanding of the basic mechanisms of plant transformation.