Chemically regulated expression systems and their applications in transgenic plants
Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 30, 2026

Efficient Agroinfiltration of Plants for High-level Transient Expression of Recombinant Proteins
Published on: July 23, 2013
Renhou Wang1, Xiaofu Zhou, Xingzhi Wang
1Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, PR China.
Abstract:
In the past 20 years, several systems have been developed to control transgene expression in plants using chemicals. The components used to construct these systems are derived from regulatory sequences mostly from non-plant organisms such as bacteria, fungi, insects and mammals. These constructs allowed transgene expression to be controlled temporally, spatially and quantitatively with the help of exogenous chemicals, without disturbing endogenous plant gene expression. Various chemically regulated transgene expression systems, their advantages/disadvantages and their potential for large-scale field application are reviewed.
Related Concept Videos
Transgenic Organisms
Transgenic Organisms
Transgenic Plants
The first-ever transgenic plant was a tobacco plant developed in 1983 that showed resistance against the tobacco mosaic virus. Since then, many transgenic plants have been developed and commercialized for improving the agricultural, ornamental, and horticultural value of a crop plant. Transgenic...
Reporter Genes
Commonly used reporter...
Constitutive and Regulated Gene Expression
Regulation of Expression Occurs at Multiple Steps
Transcription results in the generation of precursor (pre-mRNA) that consists of both exons and introns, which needs further processing before being translated to a...
