Transformation of barrel medic (Medicago truncatula Gaertn.) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens and regeneration via somatic embryogenesis of transgenic plants with the MtENOD12 nodulin promoter fused to the gus reporter gene

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 305-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mireille Chabaud ◽  
Clotilde Larsonneau ◽  
Corinne Marmouget ◽  
Thierry Huguet
Keyword(s):  
Somatic Embryogenesis ◽  
Agrobacterium Tumefaciens ◽  
Transgenic Plants ◽  
Reporter Gene ◽  
Medicago Truncatula ◽  
Gus Reporter Gene ◽  
Barrel Medic ◽  
Gus Reporter

scholarly journals Effect of nuclear matrix attachment regions on transgene expression in tobacco plants.

2001 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Nowak ◽  
M Gawłowska ◽  
A Jarmołowski ◽  
J Augustyniak
Keyword(s):  
Transgenic Plants ◽  
Reporter Gene ◽  
Transgene Expression ◽  
Binary Vector ◽  
Special Property ◽  
Matrix Attachment Regions ◽  
Plant Populations ◽  
Tobacco Plants ◽  
Gus Reporter ◽  
Loop Domains

Matrix attachment regions (MARs) are thought to participate in the organization and segregation of independent chromosomal loop domains. Although there are several reports on the action of natural MARs in the context of heterologous genes in transgenic plants, in our study we tested a synthetic MAR (sMAR) with the special property of unpairing when under superhelical strain, for its effect on reporter gene expression in tobacco plants. The synthetic MAR was a multimer of a short sequence from the MAR 3' end of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) enhancer. This sMAR sequence was used to flank the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene within the T-DNA of the binary vector pBI121. Vectors with or without the sMARs were then used to transform tobacco plants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Transgenic plants containing the sMAR sequences flanking the GUS gene exhibited higher levels of transgene expression compared with transgenic plants which lacked the sMARs. This effect was observed independently of the position of the sMAR at the 5' side of the reporter gene. However, variation of the detected transgene expression was significant in all transformed plant populations, irrespective of the construct used.

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