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Protoplasts isolated from the aleurone have been used extensively in molecular studies focusing on hormone-mediated regulation of gene expression in barley seed. To extend the use of aleurone protoplasts to other species, we have determined the conditions necessary for the isolation of protoplasts from rice aleurone layers of germinated seed. Many of the common cell wall degrading enzymes used in making protoplasts were tested for their ability to release protoplasts from rice aleurone layers. Cellulysin was found to be the most effective. Transformation of these aleurone protoplasts was accomplished using polyethylene glycol and DNA constructs containing the firefly luciferase reporter gene under the control of two different promoters were tested. Luciferase expression was 24-fold greater when the reporter gene was under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter than when the promoter from the alcohol dehydrogenase 1 gene was used. With the isolation and transformation of aleurone protoplasts from rice, it is now possible to investigate molecular events occurring in this tissue during germination.
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Sadasivam, S., Gallie, D.R. Isolation and transformation of rice aleurone protoplasts. Plant Cell Reports 13, 394–396 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00234145
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