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Unconventional P-35S Sequence Identified in Genetically Modified Maize

Unconventional P-35S Sequence Identified in Genetically Modified Maize

Nisreen Al-Hmoud, Nawar Al-Husseini, Mohammed A Ibrahim-Alobaide, Eric Kübler, Mahmoud Farfoura, Hytham Alobydi, Hiyam Al-Rousan

GM Crops Food. Jan-Mar 2014;5(1):58-64.

PMID: 24495911

Abstract:

The Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S promoter sequence, CaMV P-35S, is one of several commonly used genetic targets to detect genetically modified maize and is found in most GMOs. In this research we report the finding of an alternative P-35S sequence and its incidence in GM maize marketed in Jordan. The primer pair normally used to amplify a 123 bp DNA fragment of the CaMV P-35S promoter in GMOs also amplified a previously undetected alternative sequence of CaMV P-35S in GM maize samples which we term V3. The amplified V3 sequence comprises 386 base pairs and was not found in the standard wild-type maize, MON810 and MON 863 GM maize. The identified GM maize samples carrying the V3 sequence were found free of CaMV when compared with CaMV infected brown mustard sample. The data of sequence alignment analysis of the V3 genetic element showed 90% similarity with the matching P-35S sequence of the cauliflower mosaic virus isolate CabbB-JI and 99% similarity with matching P-35S sequences found in several binary plant vectors, of which the binary vector locus JQ693018 is one example. The current study showed an increase of 44% in the incidence of the identified 386 bp sequence in GM maize sold in Jordan's markets during the period 2009 and 2012.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AS24528	Maize GMO Standard MON 863			Price

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