Description:
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AV43-6-G7 was developed through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the potato cultivar Karnico.
The intended consequence of the genetic modification in AV43-6-G7 is to inhibit of the expression of granule bound starch synthase protein (GBSS) responsible for amylose biosynthesis. As a result, the starch produced has little or no amylose and consists of amylopectin, which modifies the physical properties of the starch.
AV43-6-G7 contains one insert and one copy of an inverted repeat construct of the potato GBSS gene. The target site in the Karnico genome in which the T-DNA had integrated was found to have a deletion of 1814 bp.
AV43-6-G7 was confirmed to be free of Agrobacterium-derived vector backbone DNA.
Moreover, the developer indicated that the insert in the GM-plant, unlike the T-DNA used for transformation, does not contain the T-nos sequence.
Molecular analysis indicated that the DNA insert was stable over several years.
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Links regarding to this GMO:
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BCH http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=101897
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Transformation / Modification technique:
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Agrobacterium-induced
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