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Development of Plant Gene Vectors for Tissue-Specific Expression Using GFP as a Reporter GeneReporter genes are widely employed in plant molecular biology research to analyze gene expression and to identify promoters. Gus (UidA) is currently the most popular reporter gene but its detection requires a destructive assay. The use of jellyfish green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene from Aequorea Victoria holds promise for noninvasive detection of in vivo gene expression. To study how various plant promoters are expressed in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), we are transcriptionally fusing the intron-modified (mGFP) or synthetic (modified for codon-usage) GFP coding regions to these promoters: double cauliflower mosaic virus 35S (CaMV 35S) with AMV translational enhancer, ubiquitin7-intron-ubiquitin coding region (ubi7-intron-UQ) and sporaminA. A few of these vectors have been constructed and introduced into E. coli DH5a and Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA105. Transient expression studies are underway using protoplast-electroporation and particle bombardment of leaf tissues.
Document ID
19970028663
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jackson, Jacquelyn
(Tuskegee Inst. AL United States)
Egnin, Marceline
(Tuskegee Inst. AL United States)
Xue, Qi-Han
(Tuskegee Inst. AL United States)
Prakash, C. S.
(Tuskegee Inst. AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: The First National Student Conference: NASA University Research Centers at Minority Institutions
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
97N27392
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGw-2940
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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