Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of monocot and dicot plants using the NCR promoter derived from soybean
H Fukuoka1, T Ogawa2, I Mitsuhara2
1Chugoku National Agricultural Experiment Station, 6-12-1 Nishifukatsu, Fukuyama, Hiroshima 721-8514, Japan, , , , , , JP.
Abstract:
The NCR promoter (PNCR) from soybean chlorotic mottle virus (SoyCMV) was used to express the selectable marker, neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) gene, in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of both monocot (rice) and dicot (tobacco) plants. A multi-cloning site for insertion of a gene of interest into the binary vector pTN is located proximal to the right border region of T-DNA. When chimeric genes under the control of other strong promoters were located in a head-to-head orientation to the PNCR-nptII gene, kanamycin-resistant tobacco shoots were generated more efficiently than when using the original pTN vectors. This suggests that the enhancer-like sequences in the promoters adjacent to PNCR may promote expression of the PNCR-nptII gene.
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