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Description

Allergies to fruits and vegetables are (increasingly) common, affecting millions of people around the world with symptoms ranging from mild itchiness to life-threatening anaphylaxis. Allergy is caused by an inappropriate immune response to harmless proteins present in the environment. Several common food allergens are structurally similar to pollens that cause seasonal allergies and are present in a wide range of fruits and vegetables. Many of these proteins have been knocked down in plants using RNA interference, leading to plants with reduced allergenicity. As part of our iGarden project we are designing modular BioBrick intron-containing self-complementary hairpin forming RNA (ihpRNA) constructs for the targeted knockdown of proteins with homology to allergens in arabidopsis and strawberry, as well as designing ihpRNA constructs against allergens in a range of other plants common in home gardens, including lettuce, carrots, celery, tomato, and several herbs. Our goal is to use genetic engineering to make food safer, and to specially tailor gardens to the needs of each person with a different set of allergies.


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Allergen silencing

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Allergen proteins

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All Medline abstracts: PubMed | HubMed


Primers and Sequences

ihpRNA

name GenBank Accession forward sense primer reverse sense primer forward antisense primer reverse antisense primer
<html><a class="fancyseq" href="#pdk_seq">pdk intron</a></html> AJ311872 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CCAATTGGTAAGGAAATAAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TTCGAACCCAATTTCCCAAC
<html><a class="fancyseq" href="#pme_seq">PME3 intron (746 bp)</a></html> AF033204 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CTCCGCCACCGTTGGTAAGC AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CGACGGACCCGCCGTGTTTT
<html><a class="fancyseq" href="#pal_seq">PAL2 intron (240 bp)</a></html> L33678.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ACAGAACTCATTAGGTAATT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TCCGGCGTTCAAAAATCTGA
<html><a class="fancyseq" href="#gfp_seq">GFP</a></html> AF218816.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA atggtgagcaagggcgagga AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT gaagatggtgcgctcctgga AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT atggtgagcaagggcgagga CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA gaagatggtgcgctcctgga
<html><a class="fancyseq" href="#ltp_seq">A. thaliana LTP1</a></html> ATHSEQB CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGCTGGAGTGATGAAGTT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CAGCTGCACGGCCAGCGTTG AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGCTGGAGTGATGAAGTT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CAGCTGCACGGCCAGCGTTG
Fra a 1A (Bet v 1) DQ385511 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGGTGTTTACACTTATGA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GTAGTCGATCTTCTCGATGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGGTGTTTACACTTATGA CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GTAGTCGATCTTCTCGATGT
L. sativa LTP 1.1 EF101532.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGCAAGGATGGCAACGAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TGACACCACACTTGCCGGGG AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGCAAGGATGGCAACGAT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA TGACACCACACTTGCCGGGG
L. sativa LTP 1.2 EF101531.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GTGACATGTGGTCAGGTGGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CTGGATCCTATTGCAGTCGG AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GTGACATGTGGTCAGGTGGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CTGGATCCTATTGCAGTCGG
S. lycopersicum Lyc E 1.01 (profilin) AJ417553 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGTCGTGGCAAACATATGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT AGCCTGATTGGTCTTCTTAA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGTCGTGGCAAACATATGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA AGCCTGATTGGTCTTCTTAA
D. Carota Dau C 1 Z84376.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGGTGCCCAGAGCCATTCAC AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GGTTTCAATGGATTCGATGA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGGTGCCCAGAGCCATTCAC CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GGTTTCAATGGATTCGATGA
Api g 4 (celery profilin) AF129423.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGTCGTGGCAGGCGTACGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GGTTCATCATAGACTCCGAA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGTCGTGGCAGGCGTACGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GGTTCATCATAGACTCCGAA
Api g 1.0201 (celery) Z75662.2 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGGTGTCCAAAAGACCGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CACCACTGACTCGAGTACGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGGTGTCCAAAAGACCGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CACCACTGACTCGAGTACGT
Api g 1 (celery) Z48967.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGGAGTGCAGACACATGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GTTTTCAATGGATTCGATAA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGGAGTGCAGACACATGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GTTTTCAATGGATTCGATAA
<html><a class="fancyseq" href="#bet1_seq">A. Thaliana (BLAST) Bet v 1 (#1)</a></html> :12937059-12937689 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGATAGAAGAGGAGATTGA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TACCATATTAAAAAATACGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGATAGAAGAGGAGATTGA CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA TACCATATTAAAAAATACGT
<html><a class="fancyseq" href="#bet2_seq">A. Thaliana (BLAST) Bet v 1 (#2)</a></html> :12937059-12937689 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA AAATTCATTTATAAACGCAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TTAATCCTTAGACAAGAGGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT AAATTCATTTATAAACGCAT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA TTAATCCTTAGACAAGAGGT
<html><a class="fancyseq" href="#ger3_seq">A. thaliana GER3</a></html> NM_122070 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGAAGATGATAATCCAAAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GATGACACCACCACCGGCTA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGAAGATGATAATCCAAAT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GATGACACCACCACCGGCTA
Fra a 1 Exon2 (for hair pin) DQ385511 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GCAGCCACTACGGGTACGTC AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TTAGTTGTATTCGCTGGGGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GCAGCCACTACGGGTACGTC CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA TTAGTTGTATTCGCTGGGGT
Fra a 1 intron DQ385511 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATCACCTTTGGTGAAGGTAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ACCCGTAGTGGCTGCCTGTC AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATCACCTTTGGTGAAGGTAT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ACCCGTAGTGGCTGCCTGTC

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<div id="pdk_seq"><span class="bbheader_seq">CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA </span>CCAATTGGTA AGGAAATAAT TATTTTCTTT TTTCCTTTTA GTATAAAATA GTTAAGTGAT GTTAATTAGT ATGATTATAA TAATATAGTT GTTATAATTG TGAAAAAATA ATTTATAAAT ATATTGTTTA CATAAACAAC ATAGTAATGT AAAAAAATAT GACAAGTGAT GTGTAAGACG AAGAAGATAA AAGTTGAGAG TAAGTATATT ATTTTTAATG AATTTGATCG AACATGTAAG ATGATATACT AGCATTAATA TTTGTTTTAA TCATAATAGT AATTCTAGCT GGTTTGATGA ATTAAATATC AATGATAAAA TACTATAGTA AAAATAAGAA TAAATAAATT AAAATAATAT TTTTTTATGA TTAATAGTTT ATTATATAAT TAAATATCTA TACCATTACT AAATATTTTA GTTTAAAAGT TAATAAATAT TTTGTTAGAA ATTCCAATCT GCTTGTAATT TATCAATAAA CAAAATATTA AATAACAAGC TAAAGTAACA AATAATATCA AACTAATAGA AACAGTAATC TAATGTAACA AAACATAATC TAATGCTAAT ATAACAAAGC GCAAGATCTA TCATTTTATA TAGTATTATT TTCAATCAAC ATTCTTATTA ATTTCTAAAT AATACTTGTA GTTTTATTAA CTTCTAAATG GATTGACTAT TAATTAAATG AATTAGTCGA ACATGAATAA ACAAGGTAAC ATGATAGATC ATGTCATTGT GTTATCATTG ATCTTACATT TGGATTGATT ACAGTTGGGA AATTGGGTTC GAA </div>


<div id="pme_seq"><span class="bbheader_seq">CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA </span>CTCCGCCACC GTTGGTAAGC ATTTTAATTA CTTAACTTTT TGACAAAAGA TAAAAGCAAT TTTGCACGAT TGTGGTCCTT TATTTGGTGG AAAAATCTTT ACTCTTTTCA TGCACATTAA ATATACACAT GTAGATTCTT GTCTTAGTAC CCCCACTACA ACATATATTC GCGCACATGT AGCCTAGTAG TAACGAGATA TAATTAAATG TAAATTTGAA TTTAGGAAAT TGAACAAAAA ACTTAGTTAA GATCTGAGTC ATGTGAGTGT CTCTATCCAT TATTTTCTTG GCTTTATTCA TATGCTTTTC CGAGTCACGT TATGTGGATT GGTTTTATGG CTCATCCACT CGTGAAGAGA GCCGTTCGTT TTAGGGATGG AGTACCTTTT TTCTTTCTTA TTTTGTTTGT TTCATTGTTG TTAACTTTTC TATCAAAATT TTGTCCATTA ATTAAATTTA TTACATGTGA ACAAAAAATA GAAATATGTT TTTTATCATT TCATTTACAA CTTCGGTATA ATTCGCATTT CTTTTTCCCC TTTATAACAC CAAAATATTA ACATTTTAGT TTTAAAATTT TCGTAAAAGT AAAGGTGATA TTCTTGCAAA AGAAGTCTTG TTTTAATTAG TCTTTTAGCT AATGATGCCG TTAATTAACC GTTGTTTCTT TTTGTGGGGC CCAGCTGCTG TCGGCGAGAG ATTCTTAGCT CGTGACATCA CTTTCCAAAA CACGGCGGGT CCGTCG </div>


<div id="pal_seq"><span class="bbheader_seq">CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA </span>ACAGAACTCA TTAGGTAATT AATTAAATCC TATACCTTAT ATTATATAAC TAATTAATAA TTAGAGAACT CATTAGGAAT GTGATCAGAG AAATAAATAA ATTAGTGGCT TAAGTGGATA ACGCATACTC ACGAGTATAC AATTTGCATG GGAGATATAC CGGGTCGGTG ATACCGGTCG GGTCGGGTCT ATTTTAATTA ATTAAAGTTT ATTTCCGATT TCAGATTTTT GAACGCCGGA </div>


<div id="gfp_seq"><span class="bbheader_seq">CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA </span>ATGGTGAGCA AGGGCGAGGA GCTGTTCACC GGGGTGGTGC CCATCCTGGT CGAGCTGGAC GGCGACGTAA ACGGCCACAA GTTCAGCGTG TCCGGCGAGG GCGAGGGCGA TGCCACCTAC GGCAAGCTGA CCCTGAAGTT CATCTGCACC ACCGGCAAGC TGCCCGTGCC CTGGCCCACC CTCGTGACCA CCCTGACCTA CGGCGTGCAG TGCTTCAGCC GCTACCCCGA CCACATGAAG CAGCACGACT TCTTCAAGTC CGCCATGCCC GAAGGCTACG TCCAGGAGCG CACCATCTTC </div>


<div id="ltp_seq"><span class="bbheader_seq">CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA </span>ATGGCTGGAG TGATGAAGTT GGCATGCTTG CTCTTGGCCT GCATGATTGT GGCCGGTCCA ATCACATCGA ACGCTGCGCT AAGCTGTGGC TCAGTTAACA GCAACTTGGC AGCGTGCATT GGCTACGTGC TCCAAGGTGG TGTCATTCCC CCAGCGTGTT GCTCCGGCGT TAAAAACCTC AACAGCATAG CCAAGACGAC CCCAGACCGT CAGCAAGCTT GCAATTGCAT TCAAGGTGCC GCTAGAGCCT TAGGCTCTGG TCTCAACGCT GGCCGTGCAG CTG </div>


<div id="rs300_seq"><span class="bbheader_seq">CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA </span>CCCACAAACA CACGCTCGGA CGCATATTAC ACATGTTCAT ACACTTAATA CTCGCTGTTT TGAATTGATG TTTTAGGAAT ATATATGTAG AACAGGTCCC CTTCTGTCCA TTTCACAGGT CGTGATATGA TTCAATTAGC TTCCGACTCA TTCATCCAAA TACCGAGTCG CCAAAATTCA AACTAGACTC GTTAAATGAA TGAATGATGC GGTAGACAAA TTGGATCATT GATTCTCTTT GATATGGACT GAAGGGGACC CGTTCTCTCT TTTGTATTCC AATTTTCTTG ATTAATCTTT CCTGCACAAA AACATGCTTG ATCCACTAAG TGACATATAT GCTGCCTTCG TATATATAGT TCTGGTAAAA TTAACATTTT GGGTTTATCT TTATTTAAGG CATCGCCATG GGG </div>

<div id="ger3_seq"><span class="bbheader_seq">CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA </span>ATGAAGATGA TAATCCAAAT TTTCTTCATC ATCTCCCTCA TTTCAACCAT CTCTTTTGCC TCTGTTCAAG ACTTTTGTGT AGCTGACCCA AAGGGTCCTC AAAGCCCATC AGGTTACTCT TGCAAGAACC CTGACCAAGT CACCGAAAAT GACTTTGCAT TTACCGGCCT CGGCACAGCT GGAAACACTT CCAACATCAT TAAAGCCGCA GTGACTCCAG CCTTTGCTCC TGCTTACGCA GGCATCAATG GCCTTGGCGT ATCTCTGGCT CGTCTTGACT TAGCCGGTGG TGGTGTCATC</id>

<div id="bet1_seq"><span class="bbheader_seq">CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA </span>TACCATATTA AAAAATACGT TACCATGATC TAATATATTA AGGTGCGATA TATATAACCA TTACCAAAAA CTAATTTCCA CAAGAGTATG CTTCCAACTT TTCCCCACTC GCCTTCGAGC AGATCACATC CCTTAATGTA GTGAGTGGCT TTGGGCACAT GTTGTGATCT TCTGATGAAC TTGTGGAACT TGTCAGCCCT GGCTTTAATA TCGACGTCTA CCTCAATCTC CTCTTCTATC AT </div>

<div id="bet2_seq"><span class="bbheader_seq">CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA </span>TTAATCCTTA GACAAGAGGT ATTGGTCAAT CTCTTTAGTC ACTTCGACGA AGAACTGGAG AAGCCTGTTT GGGTGATCCA CGTTCTGATC AATCCTCTCA TATTTCATGT TCCACTTCAC CACACTTCCG GGCCCTCCAT GCTTAGGGCT CATCACTTTC ATCGTTTTCA GGAAGCTCTT GTATTCTTTC TTCAGAGGTC CCTCTAACAC CCTCAACTGA ATCACATTCT TCTCCTCATC TATTACCTCG ATCATATCCT TTGACACTCG TGGCTCTCCA TCTACACCAA CATGCGTTTA TAAATGAATT T</div>

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amiRNA

description forward (A) reverse (B)
<html><a class="fancyseq" href="#rs300_seq">biobrick RS300</a></html> CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CCCACAAACACACGCTCGGA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CCCCATGGCGATGCCTTAAA


description primer 1 (mir sense) primer 2 (mir antisense) primer 3 (mir* sense) primer 4 (mir* antisense)
GFP gaTTAGTGGTCGGCGAGCTGCACtctctcttttgtattcc gaGTGCAGCTCGCCGACCACTAAtcaaagagaatcaatga gaGTACAGCTCGCCGTCCACTATtcacaggtcgtgatatg gaATAGTGGACGGCGAGCTGTACtctacatatatattcct
LTP 1 gaTCTAACTATGTATAGGACCACtctctcttttgtattcc gaGTGGTCCTATACATAGTTAGAtcaaagagaatcaatga gaGTAGTCCTATACAAAGTTAGTtcacaggtcgtgatatg gaACTAACTTTGTATAGGACTACtctacatatatattcct
Bet v1 gaTTGGTTATATATATCGCACCTtctctcttttgtattcc gaAGGTGCGATATATATAACCAAtcaaagagaatcaatga gaAGATGCGATATATTTAACCATtcacaggtcgtgatatg gaATGGTTAAATATATCGCATCTtctacatatatattcct

Protocols

Isolating Genes From Plants

Strawberry Transformation

  1. Schaart JG, Krens FA, Pelgrom KT, Mendes O, and Rouwendal GJ. Effective production of marker-free transgenic strawberry plants using inducible site-specific recombination and a bifunctional selectable marker gene. Plant Biotechnol J. 2004 May;2(3):233-40. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00067.x | PubMed ID:17147614 | HubMed [1]
  2. Oosumi T, Gruszewski HA, Blischak LA, Baxter AJ, Wadl PA, Shuman JL, Veilleux RE, and Shulaev V. High-efficiency transformation of the diploid strawberry (Fragaria vesca) for functional genomics. Planta. 2006 May;223(6):1219-30. DOI:10.1007/s00425-005-0170-3 | PubMed ID:16320068 | HubMed [2]
  3. Husaini AM. Pre- and post-agroinfection strategies for efficient leaf disk transformation and regeneration of transgenic strawberry plants. Plant Cell Rep. 2010 Jan;29(1):97-110. DOI:10.1007/s00299-009-0801-4 | PubMed ID:19956955 | HubMed [3]
  4. Graham J, McNicol RJ, and Kumar A. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of soft fruit Rubus, Ribes, and Fragaria. Methods Mol Biol. 1995;44:129-33. DOI:10.1385/0-89603-302-3:129 | PubMed ID:7581659 | HubMed [4]

All Medline abstracts: PubMed | HubMed

amiRNA

Plasmids

Introns

ihpRNA production requires the selection of an intron. We are using PCR to make hairpin parts out of two introns:



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