Transposition of the maize transposable element dSpm in transgenic sugar beets

Transgenic sugar beet plants carrying maize Spm/dSpm transposable elements system have been constructed. Heterologous system of maize transposable elements Spm/dSpm was active in transgenic sugar beets that permits transposon-based gene tagging and obtaining of marker-free transgenic sugar beet.

Keywords: sugar beet, Beta vulgaris L., Spm/dSpm system of maize transposable elements, genetic transformation, Agrobacterium tumefaciens