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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2008

An Arabidopsis thaliana ABC transporter that confers kanamycin resistance in transgenic plants does not endow resistance to Escherichia coli.

Kellie Burris, Ayalew Mentewab, Steven Ripp, C Neal Stewart

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kellie BurrisDepartment of Plant Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 252 Ellington Plant Sciences, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-4561, USA.
Ayalew Mentewab
Steven Ripp
C Neal Stewart
University of Tennessee at Knoxville · USEmory University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Concerns have been raised about potential horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of antibiotic resistance markers (ARMs) from transgenic plants to bacteria of medical and environmental importance. All ARMs used in transgenic plants have been bacterial in origin, but it has been recently shown that an Arabidopsis thaliana ABC transporter, Atwbc19, confers kanamycin resistance when overexpressed in transgenic plants. Atwbc19 was evaluated for its ability to transfer kanamycin resistance to Escherichia coli, a kanamycin-sensitive model bacterium, under simulated HGT, staged by subcloning Atwbc19 under the control of a bacterial promoter, genetically transforming to kanamycin-sensitive bacteria, and assessing if resistance was conferred as compared with bacteria harbouring nptII, the standard kanamycin resistance gene used to produce transgenic plants. NptII provided much greater resistance than Atwbc19 and was significantly different from the no-plasmid control at low concentrations. Atwbc19 was not significantly different from the no-plasmid control at higher concentrations. Even though HGT risks are considered low with nptII, Atwbc19 should have even lower risks, as its encoded protein is possibly mistargeted in bacteria.

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Gene Transfer, HorizontalKanamycin ResistanceAnti-Bacterial AgentsArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersEscherichia coliKanamycinPlant DiseasesPlants, Genetically ModifiedAnti-Bacterial AgentsArabidopsis ProteinsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersKanamycin

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PMID21261836
PMCPMC3864452
OpenAlexW2141359329

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