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From: Field performance of transgenic citrus trees: Assessment of the long-term expression of uidA and nptIItransgenes and its impact on relevant agronomic and phenotypic characteristics

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Characterization of 7-year-old, orchard-grown transgenic citrus trees: analyses of GUS and NPTII protein activities. A) Histochemical GUS analysis of different organs (row 1, leaves; row 2, flowers in pre-anthesis; row 3, flowers in post-anthesis; row 4, transverse sections of immature fruit) from the transgenic citrus plants. Representative image showing the staining patterns exhibited by the different transgenic lines under investigation. Left column, control samples showing no coloration; all of the leaves were punched to facilitate substrate infiltration. After the reaction, the organs were cleared of chlorophyll by means of an ethanol series. B) GUS and NPTII activities in the leaf samples from all of the sweet orange and citrange lines grown in the experimental orchard. Data represent the average values ± SEM from the different plants of each line, assayed at four time points (seasonally) over the course of one year.

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