2.3. Bacterial strain and vector
The bC1gene was amplified by PCR and cloned into pGEMTEasy
vector in antisense orientation. The resulting clones were
sequenced and further sub-cloned into binary vector-PBI 121
and electroporation was used to mobilize into A. Tumefaciens
(strain LBA 4404). The confirmation of correct clones were
done by colony PCR and sequencing. Bacterial culture was
maintained on luria broth medium containing kanamycin
(50 mg/l) and Rifampicin (25 mg/l). The Agrobacterium culture
was developed by inoculating and overnight culture of a
single colony in the Agrobacterium minimal medium. The
design of gene construct is presented in Fig. 1.