FAU Undergraduate Student Research
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Effects of GUS Gene Integration in Tobacco Plants
Type: Text
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Cruz, Laura, Zhang, Xing-Hai
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: The β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene was isolated in 1986 from the bacterium Escherichia coli. Since then it has been widely used as a reporter gene in genetically modified organisms serving to study gene expression and tissue specificity of different promoter sequences. We have introduced the GUS gene into tobacco plants through Agrobacterium-mediated genomic transformation. The plants that were… more
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Regulatory Pattern of PUN Promoter for Gene Expression
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Kirke, Justin, Velez, Stephanie, Zhang, Xing-Hai
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: The purpose of this research was to analyze the regulatory
pattern of the PUN promoter in the expression
of a marker gene, β-glucoronidase (GUS), within regenerated
tobacco plants. The genes for neomycin
phosphotransferase (NPT II) and GUS were included
in the coding region of the Ti plasmid construct. The
NPTII gene drove antibiotic resistance and was used
to select and identify… more
Full Text: Regulatory Pattern of PUN Promoter for Gene Expression Stephanie Velez, Justin Kirke, and Dr. Xing-Hai Zhang Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University A A Introduction Soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens is widely used for its …
Genetic Engineering of Tomato Plants Expressing β-Glucuronidasethrough Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Justs, Adriana, Kaplan, Noah, Zhang, Xing-Hai
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Advancements in biotechnology have allowed us to
study genetics and plant physiology by engineering
transgenic plants. For our research we transformed
Micro-Tom, a tomato variety developed for use in
genetic research, using Agrobacterium mediated
transformation. Within a time span of fourteen weeks,
we inserted two distinct plasmid constructs (pCAMBIA2301
and E1492). Plants have the unique… more
Full Text: Genetic Engineering of Tomato Plants Expressing βGlucuronidase through Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation Adriana Justs, Noah Kaplan and Xing-Hai Zhang Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University Table 1. Summary of the regenerated …
Diagnosis of Citrus Greening Disease by qPCR Analysis
Type: Text
Year: 2018, 2018, 2018, 2018
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Rocha, Fernando, Zhang, Xing-Hai
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing disease, is a phloem restrictive disease that affects orange as well as other citrus trees. The disease is caused by the gram negative bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. The bacteria is transmitted by the Asian psyllid, Diaphorina citri. The bacteria causes the tree to produce small and bitter oranges, the roots shrink and the leaves molt.… more
Full Text: Diagnosis of Citrus Greening Disease by qPCR Analysis Fernando Rocha and Xing-Hai Zhang Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University Data Introduction Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing disease, is caused by the gram-negative …
Enhancement of nutrional value in tomato plants
Type: Text
Year: 2013, 2013
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Hill, William, Zhang, Xing-Hai
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Digital Library [digital object]
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