575th Day of CUBE chatShaala: Cardamine-Context to understand transposons and genetic engineering

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Summary of 574th day of Chatshaala

Today we started the discussion on cardamine

  • what is cardamine???
  • Is it a weed??
  • why cardamine is a powerful model system??
  • What is floral dip method??:petri_dish:
    Etc …
    We answered these questions

Then the discussion turned in to transposons

  • Arabidopsis and cardamine can there be jumping genes in cardamine??? :face_with_monocle:

:o:Transposon, class of genetic elements that can 'jump’to different locations within a genome. Although these elements are frequently called “jumping genes”

:o:Transposase is an enzyme that binds to the end of a transposon and catalyses its movement to another part of the genome by a cut and paste mechanism or a replicative transposition mechanism.

  • Is there any relation between mutation and transposons??
  • what is the difference between them ??

    Then we discussed about
    • what is Ti plasmid???
      *In bacteria cell where we can see T DNA???

:o: Bacteria Cell have 2types of Dna 1- chromosomal dna 2- Plasmid dna. T DNA is present in plasmid dna.

*How can we connect these all things in floral dip method and kanamycin resistance gene ???
Some reference that taken from chatbox

*The term weed is also applied to any plant that grows or reproduces aggressively, or is invasive outside its native habitat. Weed - Wikipedia

*Transposon mutagenesis, or transposition mutagenesis, is a biological process that allows genes to be transferred to a host organism’s chromosome, interrupting or modifying the function of an extant gene on the chromosome and causing mutation.Transposon mediated mutagenesis - Google Search

*Phyllanthus is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number of species in this genus vary widely, from 750[2] to 1200.[3] Phyllanthus has a remarkable diversity of growth forms including annual and perennial herbs, shrubs, climbers, floating aquatics, and pachycaulous succulents. Phyllanthus - Wikipedia

Transposase is an enzyme that binds to the end of a transposon and catalyses its movement to another part of the genome by a cut and paste mechanism or a replicative transposition mechanism. P element - Google Search
Transposon diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana

*Transposase is an enzyme that binds to the end of a transposon and catalyses its movement to another part of the genome by a cut and paste mechanism Transposase - Wikipedia

  • Transposase is an enzyme that binds to the end of a transposon and catalyses its movement to another part of the genome by a cut and paste mechanism Transposase - Google Search