Title :
Detection of npt II Activity in Transgenic Apple Fruits
Author :
Zhou, Rui Jin ; Fang, Qiang ; Shi, Xiao Xin ; Du, Guo Qiang
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Landscape Archit., Henan Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Xinxiang, China
Abstract :
It receives much concern whether the transgenic foods, especially the antibiotic marker genes, are safe for human health all the time. In this paper, the transgenic Malus domestica Borkh. cv. Royal Gala carrying exogenous neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) was used to study the npt II gene activity in transgenic apple fruits. The result showed that the npt II activities were detected in the most transgenic apple fruits, but the activities varied from the fruits with strong or weak responding signals and no activity of 71.43%, 21.43%, and 7.14%, respectively.
Keywords :
agricultural products; biochemistry; biological techniques; biotechnology; cellular biophysics; enzymes; food products; genetic engineering; genetics; genomics; molecular biophysics; antibiotic marker genes; exogenous neomycin phosphotransferase; human health; npt II gene activity; transgenic Malus domestica Borkh. cv. Royal Gala; transgenic apple fruits; transgenic foods; Antibiotics; Capacitive sensors; Food technology; Gene expression; Humans; Immune system; Microorganisms; Production; Safety; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4712-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2151-7614
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5515299
