Browsing Instituto de Biotecnología by Subject "Lechugas"
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CRISPR/Cas9‑mediated knockout of SPL13 radically increases lettuce yield
(Springer, 2022-12)Cultivated lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is a diploid (2n = 2x = 18), autogamous species. This popular leafy vegetable is considered one of the first crops (Guo et al. 2022). Currently, lettuce is the third most consumed ... -
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 antigens produced in transgenic lettuce effective as an oral vaccine in mice
(Springer, 2023-10)Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 is a food-borne pathogen where ruminant farm animals, mainly bovine, serve as reservoirs. Bovine vaccination has been used to prevent disease outbreaks, and the current ... -
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(Ediciones INTA, 2022)La Asociación Argentina de Horticultura (ASAHO), principal institución responsable de la promoción del conocimiento de las hortalizas se ha propuesto elaborar una serie de fascículos bajo la denominación Colección Horticultura ... -
Peculiarities of the Transformation of Asteraceae Family Species: The Cases of Sunflower and Lettuce
(Frontiers Publishing, 2021-11)The Asteraceae family is the largest and most diversified family of the Angiosperms, characterized by the presence of numerous clustered inflorescences, which have the appearance of a single compound flower. It is estimated ... -
Potato snakin-1 gene enhances tolerance to Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in transgenic lettuce plants
(Elsevier, 2018-10)Snakin-1 is a cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptide (AMP) isolated from potato tubers, with broad-spectrum activity. It belongs to the Snakin/GASA family, whose members have been studied because of their diverse roles ... -
Simplified methodology for large scale isolation of homozygous transgenic lines of lettuce
(2018-01)Background: Lettuce is a globally important leafy vegetable and a model plant for biotechnology due to its adaptability to tissue culture and stable genetic transformation. Lettuce is also crucial for functional genomics ...