TISSUE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF A PLANT TURGOR-RESPONSIVE GENE WITH AMINO-ACID-SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY TO TRANSPORT-FACILITATING PROTEINS

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作者
GUERRERO, FD [1 ]
CROSSLAND, L [1 ]
机构
[1] CIBA GEIGY CORP, AGR BIOTECHNOL RES UNIT, RES TRIANGLE PK, NC 27709 USA
关键词
GENE PROMOTER; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO; TRANSPORT; TURGOR; WATER STRESS;
D O I
10.1007/BF00027125
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report the isolation of a turgor-responsive gene of pea, trg-31, whose transcription induced within 30 min after the loss of leaf turgor. Structure of the coding region and 1.4 kb of 5' untranslated region was determined by DNA sequencing. A 3 kb promoter fragment from trg-31 was fused to a beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene in pBI101, tobacco leaf disks and mature plants analyzed for turgor-responsive induction of GUS mRNA. Significant amino acid sequence homology exists between trg-31 and putative transport proteins of bovine, Phaseolus, soybean and Escherichia coli membranes.
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页码:929 / 935
页数:7
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