Effects of copy number of an octopine synthase enhancer element and its distance from the TATA box on heterologous expression in transgenic tobacco

• Autorzy: Liu S. , Bao Y.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The relationship among motif copy number, its distance from the TATA box and expression level was analyzed in transformed tobacco plants. Single ormultiple copies of octopine synthase (ocs) enhancer elements from the ocs promoter were linked to the minimal ocs promoter and a β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene, then transformed stably into tobacco. Reporter gene assays revealed that mere repetition of the ocs enhancer sequence is not sufficient for promoter activity. Increasing the number of copies of the ocs element elevated the level of gene expression in an additive manner that was dependent of the element’s distance fromthe TATA box. To our knowledge, this is the first report in which the regulation of transgene expression by interactions between these two factors has been documented.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: 31
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.705-710,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Liu S.

• College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, 273165 Qufu, Shandong, People's Republic of China

autor

Bao Y.

• College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, 273165 Qufu, Shandong, People's Republic of China

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