Design and construction of a versatile system for the expression of foreign genes in plants

Christopher L. Schardl, Alfred D. Byrd, Gary Benzion, Mitchell A. Altschuler, David F. Hildebrand, Arthur G. Hunt

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Abstract

We have built a series of vectors to allow the constitutive or light-regulated expression of foreign genes in plants. These vectors carry expression cassettes consisting of either the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter or the pea rbcS-E9 promoter, a multiple cloning site derived from M13um20, and the rbcS-E9 polyadenylation site. These cassettes have been incorporated into pBR322-based or RK2-based replicons to facilitate direct DNA uptake or Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer. Their application for the expression of a bacterial gene is described.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-11
Number of pages11
JournalGene
Volume61
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

Keywords

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens
  • Recombinant DNA
  • cauliflower mosaic virus
  • expression vectors
  • light-regulated vectors
  • pea promoter
  • plant transformation
  • polyadenylation site
  • transfection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics

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