Event-Specific Qualitative and Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis for Genetically Modified Canola T45

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (26) ◽  
pp. 9735-9740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Litao Yang ◽  
Aihu Pan ◽  
Haibo Zhang ◽  
Jinchao Guo ◽  
Changsong Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Polymerase Chain

scholarly journals Detection of Genetic Modification in Cured Tobacco Leaf: Proficiency Testing Using Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Methods

2006 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 693-707
Author(s):  
Ferruccio Gadani ◽  
Martin Ward ◽  
Sue Black ◽  
Neil Harris ◽  
David McDowell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Proficiency Testing ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Cauliflower Mosaic Virus ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Tobacco Leaf ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Abstract The Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco (CORESTA; Paris, France) Task Force Genetically Modified TobaccoDetection Methods investigated the performance of qualitative and quantitative methods based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection and quantitation of genetically modified (GM) tobacco. In the 4 successful rounds of proficiency testing, the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S RNA promoter (CaMV 35S) and the Agrobacterium tumefaciens nopaline synthase terminator (NOS) were selected as target sequences. Blind-coded reference materials containing from 0.1 to 5.0% and from 0.15 to 4% GM tobacco were used in 2 rounds of qualitative and quantitative PCR, respectively. Eighteen laboratories from 10 countries participated in this study. Considering all methods and 2 rounds, the different laboratories were able to detect GM tobacco at the 0.1% level in 46 out of 58 tests in qualitative assays. The results of the proficiency test indicate that both end point screening and real-time quantitative methods are suitable for the detection of genetically modified organisms in tobacco leaf samples having a GM content of 0.1% or higher. The CORESTA proficiency study represents a first step towards the interlaboratory evaluation of accuracy and precision of PCR-based GM tobacco detection, which may lead to the harmonization of analytical procedures and to the enhancement of comparability of testing results produced by different laboratories.

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