ISSN:
1432-203X
Keywords:
particle bombardment
;
Hordeum vulgare L.
;
promoter screening
;
transient expression
;
gus
;
cereal transformation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The cauliflower mosaic virus 35S (35S) and the enhanced 35S (E35S) promoters fused with maize alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh1) intron1 or maize shrunken locus (sh1) intronl along with maize Adh1 and rice actin (Act1) promoters fused to their respective first introns were tested for transient expression of the E.coli β-glucuronidase (gus) reporter gene in cultured barley (Hordeum vulgare L) cells. The plasmids, carrying the respective promoterintron combinations to drive the gus fused to nopaline synthase (nos) terminator, were introduced into cultured barley cells using a particle gun. The rice Act1 promoter with its first intron gave the highest expression of all promoter intron combinations studied. This was followed by the E35S promoter and no significant differences were observed between the other two promoters tested. The rice actin promoter is now being used to drive selectable marker genes to obtain stably transformed cereal cells.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00236096
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