A gene, VTE4, from the sunflower of known sequence and well-understood transcriptional regulation, is available from another lab. The product of this gene enables sunflowers to produce a significantly increased amount of vitamin E from a substrate produced in all plants. The plant Brassica napus is harvested for canola oil. To produce canola oil with increased vitamin E, how would you proceed

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Miley Coffey

9 November, 15:00

A gene, VTE4, from the sunflower of known sequence and well-understood transcriptional regulation, is available from another lab. The product of this gene enables sunflowers to produce a significantly increased amount of vitamin E from a substrate produced in all plants. The plant Brassica napus is harvested for canola oil. To produce canola oil with increased vitamin E, how would you proceed

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Ismael Noble · Answer 1

To produce canola oil with increased vitamin E, it would be necessary to introduce the sunflower VTE4 gene into the Brassica napus plant, together with the cis elements and the gebe reporter.

Explanation:

As you may already know, in order for Brassica napus to be able to produce greater amounts of vitamin E, it would be necessary to introduce the sunflower VTE4 gene into a Brassica napus plant. However, for the introduction to be effective, it would also be necessary to introduce the reporter gene and cis elements, since they would be responsible for maintaining the genetic regulation and expression of all the introduced and natural genes of the genetically modified Brassica napus plant.