ISSN:
1432-2242
Keywords:
Promoter
;
Enhancers
;
Monocot
;
Electroporation
;
Plant transformation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary A recombinant promoter, pEmu, has been constructed to give a high level of gene expression in monocots. It is based on a truncated maize Adh1 promoter, with multiple copies of the Anaerobic Responsive Element from the maize Adh1 gene and ocs-elements from the octopine synthase gene of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The pEmu promoter was one of 12 different promoter constructs that were linked to the β-glucuronidase (GUS) marker gene. Promoter activity was measured 48 h after introduction of the constructs into protoplasts of five different monocot species [wheat, maize, rice, einkorn (Triticum monococcum), and Lolium multiflorum] and one dicot (Nicotiana plumbaginifolia). In suspension cell protoplasts, the most highly expressing construct (pEmuGN) gave 10- to 50-fold higher expression than the CaMV 35S promoter in all the monocot species. The pEmu promoter should be valuable where a high level of gene expression is required in monocots. The pEmu promoter showed instability in several widely used Escherichia coli strains but was stable in a recA, recD strain AC001, which is described. Another construct, p4OCSΔ35SIGN, gave a tenfold increase in expression over the CaMV 35S promoter in dicot (Nicotiana plumbaginifolia) protoplasts.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00226722
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