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ArticleeLife2019

Genetic transformation of the dinoflagellate chloroplast.

Isabel C Nimmo, Adrian C Barbrook, Imen Lassadi, Jit Ern Chen, Katrin Geisler, Alison G Smith, Manuel Aranda, Saul Purton, Ross F Waller, R Ellen R Nisbet and 1 more

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Isabel C NimmoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2469-0611
Adrian C BarbrookDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Imen LassadiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Jit Ern ChenRed Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4779-7275
Katrin GeislerDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Alison G SmithDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Manuel ArandaRed Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6673-016X
Saul PurtonInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9342-1773
Ross F WallerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6961-9344
R Ellen R NisbetDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4487-196X
Christopher J HoweDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6975-8640

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L014130/1Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation GBMF4976.01King Abdullah University of Science and Technology URF/1/2216/01-01Medical Research Council MC_PC_14116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coral reefs are some of the most important and ecologically diverse marine environments. At the base of the reef ecosystem are dinoflagellate algae, which live symbiotically within coral cells. Efforts to understand the relationship between alga and coral have been greatly hampered by the lack of an appropriate dinoflagellate genetic transformation technology. By making use of the plasmid-like fragmented chloroplast genome, we have introduced novel genetic material into the dinoflagellate chloroplast genome. We have shown that the introduced genes are expressed and confer the expected phenotypes. Genetically modified cultures have been grown for 1 year with subculturing, maintaining the introduced genes and phenotypes. This indicates that cells continue to divide after transformation and that the transformation is stable. This is the first report of stable chloroplast transformation in dinoflagellate algae.

Indexed as

Transformation, GeneticChloroplastsDinoflagellidaGene ExpressionGenetics, MicrobialGenomic InstabilityPhenotypeAmphidiniumchloroplastcoral reefdinoflagellateecologytransformationzooxanthella

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PMID31317866
PMCPMC6639071

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