van Tunen A J, Mur L A, Brouns G S, Rienstra J D, Koes R E, Mol J N
Department of Genetics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Plant Cell. 1990 May;2(5):393-401. doi: 10.1105/tpc.2.5.393.
We have analyzed the spatial and temporal activities of chalcone flavanone isomerase (chi) A and B gene promoters from petunia. To study the tandem promoter regulation of chiA, various chiA promoter fragments were fused with the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene. Analysis of transgenic plants containing these chimeric genes provided definitive proof that the chiA coding region is regulated by two distinct promoters (designated PA1 and PA2). We also showed that both promoters can function independently and that the chiA PA1 promoter is expressed in limb (epidermal and parenchyma cells), tube (inner epidermal and parenchyma cells), seed (seed coat, endosperm, and embryo), sepal, leaf, and stem. The use of chiA and chiB promoters in the regulation of anther- and pollen-specific gene expression has been studied. By analyzing transgenic plants containing chimeric genes consisting of chiA and B promoter fragments and the GUS reporter gene, we were able to identify a 0.44-kilobase chiA PA2 promoter fragment that drives pollen-specific gene expression and a 1.75-kilobase chiB PB promoter fragment that confers anther-specific (pollen and tapetum cells) expression to the GUS gene.
我们分析了矮牵牛查尔酮黄烷酮异构酶(chi)A和B基因启动子的时空活性。为了研究chiA的串联启动子调控,将各种chiA启动子片段与β-葡萄糖醛酸酶(GUS)报告基因融合。对含有这些嵌合基因的转基因植物的分析提供了确凿证据,证明chiA编码区受两个不同的启动子(命名为PA1和PA2)调控。我们还表明,两个启动子都能独立发挥作用,并且chiA PA1启动子在花瓣(表皮和薄壁细胞)、花管(内表皮和薄壁细胞)、种子(种皮、胚乳和胚)、萼片、叶片和茎中表达。我们研究了chiA和chiB启动子在调控花药和花粉特异性基因表达中的应用。通过分析含有由chiA和B启动子片段以及GUS报告基因组成的嵌合基因的转基因植物,我们能够鉴定出一个驱动花粉特异性基因表达的0.44千碱基chiA PA2启动子片段和一个赋予GUS基因花药特异性(花粉和绒毡层细胞)表达的1.75千碱基chiB PB启动子片段。