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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Genes encoding high molecular weight (HMW) glutenin, a wheat seed storage protein, are expressed only in the developing endosperm. It was previously demonstrated that sequences essential for endosperm-specific transcription reside within 436 base pairs upstream of the initiation codon for HMW glutenin translation. We have further analyzed this region by testing the ability of a series of truncated HMW glutenin promoter fragments to enhance transcription from an adjacent heterologous promoter. The activity of these hybrid promoters was determined by measuring the expression of a linked beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene in transgenic tobacco plants. An HMW glutenin promoter fragment spanning nucleotides -375 to -45 relative to the transcription start site was found to stimulate GUS expression in tobacco seeds when inserted in either orientation upstream of the heterologous promoter. Furthermore, this fragment could also potentiate transcription when located 3' to the GUS reporter gene. Stimulation of GUS gene expression in transgenic tobacco seeds did not occur until 9 days to 12 days after anthesis, coincident with the onset of storage protein synthesis in the developing tobacco and wheat seed, and was confined to the endosperm tissue. By testing progressively shorter promoter fragments, the enhancer element responsible for this pattern of expression was localized to a 40-base pair region some 170 base pairs upstream of the start site for HMW glutenin transcription.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1040-4651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1171-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of an enhancer element for the endosperm-specific expression of high molecular weight glutenin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Genetics, AFRC Institute of Plant Science Research, Cambridge Laboratory, Trumpington, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't