ISSN:
1617-4623
Keywords:
β-Glucuronidase
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Transient expression
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Ti plasmid
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Nuclear localization signal
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Tobacco seedling
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Agrobacterium tumefaciens is able to transfer a piece of DNA, the T-DNA, to the nucleus of the plant cell. The VirD2 protein is required for the production of the T-DNA, it is tightly linked to the T-DNA and it is thought to direct it to the plant genome. Two nuclear localization signals (NLS), one in the N-terminal part and one in the C-terminal part of the VirD2 protein, have been shown to be able to target marker proteins to the plant nucleus. Here we analyze nuclear entry of the T-DNA complex using a new and very sensitive assay for T-DNA transfer. We show that optimal T-DNA transfer requires the VirD2 NLS located in the C-terminal part of the protein, whereas mutations in the N-terminal NLS coding sequence seem to have no effect on T-DNA transfer.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00276932
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