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. 2021 Jan;40(1):213-221.
doi: 10.1007/s00299-020-02627-8. Epub 2020 Oct 24.

Seed-specific activity of the Arabidopsis β-glucosidase 19 promoter in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco

Shijuan Liu  1 , Changju Liu  2 , Xue Wang  2 , Huiqing Chen  2
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Seed-specific activity of the Arabidopsis β-glucosidase 19 promoter in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco

Shijuan Liu et al. Plant Cell Rep. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

The promoter of the Arabidopsis thaliana β-glucosidase 19 gene directs GUS expression in a seed-specific manner in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco. In the present study, an 898-bp putative promoter of the Arabidopsis β-glucosidase 19 (AtBGLU19) gene was cloned. The bioinformatics analysis of the cis-acting elements indicated that this putative promoter contains many seed-specific elements, such as RY elements. The features of this promoter fragment were evaluated for the capacity to direct the β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco. Histochemical and fluorometric GUS analyses of transgenic Arabidopsis plants revealed that the AtBGLU19 promoter directed strong GUS activity in late-maturing seeds and dry seeds, whereas no GUS expression was observed in other organs. The results indicated that the AtBGLU19 promoter was able to direct GUS expression in a seed-specific manner in transgenic Arabidopsis. In tobacco, the intensity of the staining and the level of GUS activity were considerably higher in the seeds than in the other tissues. These results further confirmed that the AtBGLU19 promoter is seed specific and can be used to control transgene expression in a heterologous plant system.

Keywords: GUS; Promoter; Seed; Tissue-specific expression.

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