Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
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Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Flammulina velutipes with NaOH Treatment

Department of Biotechnology, Catholic University of Daegu, Kyungsan, Kyungbuk, 712-702, Korea

Correspondence to hspark@cu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December 1, 2011, 39(3):235-238.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2010.39.3.235
Received: 20, September 2011; Revised: 13, November 2011; Accepted: 14, November 2011
Published: December 1, 2011.
© The Korean Society of Mycology

ABSTRACT

Agrobacterium harboring vector pCHBs with hygromycin phosphotransferase(hph) and hepatitis B virus surface antigen(HBsAg)gene was transformed into the mycelial culture of Flammulina velutipes. In particular, mild NaOH solution was treated to the mycelia before Agrobacterium infection step. This was purposed to generate putative surface wounds in the mycelial cell walls. The results showed that hygromycin-resistant(hyg r) mycelia could be obtained only from NaOH-treated mycelia but not from intact mycelia. The integration of hyg r gene in fungal genome was confirmed by PCR. In addition, a single transgene integration and heterologous protein expression in F. velutipes could be verified by Southern blot hybridization and western blot analysis, respectively. This study demonstrated an efficient tool for the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of F. velutipes mycelia.

Keywords

Agrobacterium, Flammulina velutipes, Mycelium, NaOH, Transformation

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