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Description

Naturally occurring antibiotic making it a particularly useful agent for selection in plant transformation research.

Bialaphos is a natural herbicide produced by the bacteria Streptomyces hygroscopicus and Streptomyces viridochromegenes. Bialaphos is made of two alanine resudies and the glutamic acid analog phosphinothricin. It is commonly used as a gene selector in transgenic plants. Commonly used plasmids include: pGreenII 0229 and pGreenII 0229 62-SK.

Application

Selection of transgenic plants.

References

Bialaphos selection of stable transformants from maize cell culture.
T M Spencer 1 , W J Gordon-Kamm, R J Daines, W G Start, P G Lemaux
Theor Appl Genet. 1990 May;79(5):625-31. doi: 10.1007/BF00226875.

Properties

Shelf life

4 years

Storage Temperature

2-8°C

ECCN #

EAR99

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Appearance form

Powder

Molecular Formula

C11H21N3NaO6P

Molecular Weight

345.27

Melting point

160°C

Solubility (@ RT)

Soluble in water (freely).

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