TY - JOUR AU - Khatun, M.M. AU - Hasan, M.K. AU - Jamil, M.K. AU - Khanam, D. PY - 2017/09/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Quantification of Cry1Ac Protein in Bt Eggplant Fruits JF - International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology JA - Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol VL - 5 IS - 3 SE - Research Articles: Biological Sciences DO - 10.3126/ijasbt.v5i3.18292 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJASBT/article/view/18292 SP - 356-360 AB - <p>The cultivation of genetically engineered crops has been expanded rapidly in worldwide in a very short span of time. Bt eggplant is a transgenic eggplant created by inserting a crystal protein gene <em>Cry1Ac </em>from the soil bacterium <em>Bacillus thuringiensis</em>. Four Bt eggplant varieties - BARI Bt Eggplant-1, BARI Bt Eggplant-2, BARI Bt Eggplant-3 and BARI Bt Eggplant-4 are started to cultivate in Bangladesh in 2014 as first genetically engineered crop in the country. <strong> </strong>In the present study, ELISA technique was adopted to quantify the <em>Cry1Ac</em> proteins in the fruits of newly released four Bt eggplant varieties. The expression<em> </em>of <em>Cry1Ac</em> was found among the fruits of the varieties varied from 29.53 to 33.99 µg g<sup>-1</sup>. </p><p><em>Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 5(3): 356-360</em></p> ER -