Services
Provided by
The Genetic Engineering
Services Unit (GESU) |
GESU is officially conducting seed quality
control for the "Seed Registration and Certification Committee - Ministry of
Agriculture & Land Reclamation - Egypt" using state-of-the-art molecular markers.
In addition, the following services are provided to the agricultural community:
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| I. Production of Elite Germplasm via Tissue Culture |
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• Micropropagation
of Stavia rebaudiana for
steviosids compounds (rebaudioside) as
a natural sweetener.
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Micropropagation and maintenance of
elite virus free germplasm in collaboration
with international centers.
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Micropropagation and conservation of
mulberry germplasm.
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| II. Production of Diagnostic ELISA Kits for Detection of Major Phytopathogenic Viruses |
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• Banana Bunchy Top Virus
(BBTV)
• Banana-Cucumber
Mosaic Cucumovirus
(Banana-CMV)
• Potato X- Potexvirus
(PVX)
• Potato Y-Potyvirus
(PVY)
• Tomato
Yellow Leaf Curl Geminivirus
(TYLCV)
• Zucchini
Yellow Mosaic Potyvirus
(ZYMV)
• Faba Bean
Necrotic Yellows Virus
(FBNYV)
• Bean Yellow
Mosaic Potyvirus
(BYMV)
• Broad Bean
Stain Comovirus
(BBSV)
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| III. Production of Diagnostic PCR Kits for Accurate Detection of Major Phytopathogenic Viruses |
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• Banana Bunchy Top
Virus (BBTV)
• Tomato Yellow
Leaf Curl Geminivirus
(TYLCV)
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| IV. Protein Fingerprinting Using SDS-PAGE and Isozymes |
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• Identification of genotypes,
varieties and
cultivars
• Quality control
of hybrid and foundation
seed production
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| V. DNA Fingerprinting Using Molecular Markers (RFLPs, RAPDs and SSRs) |
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• Identification and
characterization purposes
of plant and animal material
• Detection of
genetic variability and
estimation of genetic relatedness
• Registration of
elite lines, hybrids and
varieties for plant proprietary rights
protection
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| VI. Custom Analytical Services |
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1. Identification
and estimation of carbohydrates
using HPLC
• plant growth regulators (indoles, gibberellins,
cytokinins, abscisic acid)
• sugars (monosaccharides and disaccharides)
• vitamins (fat soluble and water soluble)
• alkaloids, antibiotics, steroid hormones, hyaluronic
acid, peptides indol derivatives, plant pigments,
nucleotides and nucleosides
• volatile alcohols, blood alcohol, aldehydes, amines,
ketones, phenols and phenolic acids, drugs,
perfumes, pesticides2. Identification
and estimation of fatty acids using
GC-MS
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fatty acids and lipids (saturated and
unsaturated fatty
acids, iodine and saponification numbers)
3.
Identification and estimation of amino acids
using Amino Acid Analyzer
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amino acids ( hydrolyzate amino acids and
physiological amino acids)
4.
Determination of total nitrogen proteins using
Kjedal method
5. Determination
of heavy metals using atomic
absorption
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nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, magnesium,
calcium, sulfur, boron, molybdenum, manganese, iron,
lead, zinc, cadmium, copper, nickel, chromium and
cobalt
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| VII. Custom Oligonucleotide Synthesis |
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Now we can provide state-of-the-art cyanoethyl
phosphoramidite chemistry products including custom DNA/RNA synthesis for a wide range of
diverse applications in agriculture, medicine, clinical diagnostics, scientific research
and others...
Because research requirements vary, we offer not only a
range of products, but a selection of purification methods including reverse phase
cartridge and PAGE.
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| VIII. Molecular Imaging & Densitometric Analysis |
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