The combination of a synthetic promoter and a CMV promoter improves foreign gene expression efficiency in myocytes

2012 ◽  
Vol 158 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dai Jianwei ◽  
Zhang Qianqian ◽  
Liu Songcai ◽  
Zhang Mingjun ◽  
Ren Xiaohui ◽  
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1990 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Daniell ◽  
J. Vivekananda ◽  
B. L. Nielsen ◽  
G. N. Ye ◽  
K. K. Tewari ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norazlina Ahmad ◽  
Rajnesh Sant ◽  
Milovan Bokan ◽  
Kathryn J. Steadman ◽  
Ian D. Godwin

Regulatory sequences with endosperm specificity are essential for foreign gene expression in the desired tissue for both grain quality improvement and molecular pharming. In this study, promoters of seed storage α-kafirin genes coupled with signal sequence (ss) were isolated fromSorghum bicolorL. Moench genomic DNA by PCR. The α-kafirin promoter (α-kaf) contains endosperm specificity-determining motifs, prolamin-box, the O2-box 1, CATC, and TATA boxes required for α-kafirin gene expression in sorghum seeds. The constructs pMB-Ubi-gfpand pMB-kaf-gfpwere microprojectile bombarded into various sorghum and sweet corn explants. GFP expression was detected on all explants using the Ubi promoter but only in seeds for the α-kaf promoter. This shows that the α-kaf promoter isolated was functional and demonstrated seed-specific GFP expression. The constructs pMB-Ubi-ss-gfpand pMB-kaf-ss-gfpwere also bombarded into the same explants. Detection of GFP expression showed that the signal peptide (SP)::GFP fusion can assemble and fold properly, preserving the fluorescent properties of GFP.


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