Abstract:
:Transformed root cultures of Nicotiana rustica have been generated in which the gene from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae coding for ornithine decarboxylase has been integrated. The gene, driven by the powerful CaMV35S promoter with an upstream duplicated enhancer sequence, shows constitutive expression throughout the growth cycle of some lines, as demonstrated by the analysis of mRNA and enzyme activity. The presence of the yeast gene and enhanced ornithine decarboxylase activity is associated with an enhanced capacity of cultures to accumulate both putrescine and the putrescine-derived alkaloid, nicotine. Even, however, with the very powerful promoter used in this work the magnitude of the changes seen is typically only in the order of 2-fold, suggesting that regulatory factors exist which limit the potential increase in metabolic flux caused by these manipulations. Nevertheless, it is demonstrated that flux through a pathway to a plant secondary product can be elevated by means of genetic manipulation.
journal_name
Plant Mol Bioljournal_title
Plant molecular biologyauthors
Hamill JD,Robins RJ,Parr AJ,Evans DM,Furze JM,Rhodes MJdoi
10.1007/BF00017721subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-07-01 00:00:00pages
27-38issue
1eissn
0167-4412issn
1573-5028journal_volume
15pub_type
杂志文章abstract::A cDNA coding for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) was isolated from a cDNA library from Solanum tuberosum and the sequence of the cDNA was determined. It was inserted into a bacterial expression vector and a PEPC- Escherichia coli mutant could be complemented by the cDNA construct. A functional fusion protein c...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00021542
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Leaves develop as flat lateral organs from the indeterminate shoot apical meristem. The establishment of polarity along three-dimensional axes, proximal-distal, medial-lateral, and adaxial-abaxial axes, is crucial for the growth of normal leaves. The mutations of ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 (AS1) and AS2 of Arabidopsis thalian...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-012-9929-7
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1006316422400
更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In many temperate woody species, dormancy is induced by short photoperiods. Earlier studies have shown that the photoreceptor phytochrome A (phyA) promotes growth. Specifically, Populus plants that over-express the oat PHYA gene (oatPHYAox) show daylength-independent growth and do not become dormant. However, we show ...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-010-9619-2
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ferulate 5-hydroxylase (F5H) of the monolignol pathway catalyzes the hydroxylation of coniferyl alcohol, coniferaldehyde and ferulic acid to produce 5-hydroxyconiferyl moieties, which lead to the formation of sinapic acid and syringyl (S) lignin monomers. In contrast, guaiacyl (G) lignin, the other major type of ligni...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-020-00991-3
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chimaeric PCaMV35Scry genes direct in tobacco mesophyll protoplasts mRNA levels of less than one transcript per cell. We provide evidence that this low cytoplasmic cry IA(b) mRNA level is not due to a rapid turnover but rather results from a marginal import flow of cry messenger into the cytoplasm. Run-on assays indic...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00020398
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00018558
更新日期:1990-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-013-0140-2
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02418241
更新日期:1985-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-013-0069-5
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1026507517182
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:KEY MESSAGE:HbMBF1a was isolated and characterized in H. brevisubulatum, and overexpressed HbMBF1a could enhance the salt tolerance and ABA insensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana. The transcript levels of stress-responsive genes were significantly increased in the transgenic lines under salt and ABA conditions. Salinity...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-019-00926-7
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-006-0015-x
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The embryo essential gene EMB506 plays a crucial role in the transition of the Arabidopsis embryo from radial symmetry to bilateral symmetry just prior to the early heart stage of development. In addition to influencing embryo development EMB506 also affects chloroplast biogenesis. To further investigate the role of E...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-006-6268-6
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report the isolation of the second member, kin2, of a family of two cold-inducible genes of Arabidopsis thaliana. The proteins corresponding to the two genes have similarities to the small antifreeze proteins from Winter flounder. Kin1 and kin2 are organized in a close tandem array in the genome of A. thaliana. Bot...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00026794
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We investigated the copy number of the gene for alternative oxidase (AOX) of Arabidopsis thaliana by amplification by PCR and Southern hybridization. These studies indicated that there are at least four copies of the AOX gene in Arabidopsis. We isolated genomic clones containing individual copies (designated as AOX1a,...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1005818507743
更新日期:1997-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::It has been known for more than a decade that increasing the gene copy number does not necessarily lead to increased gene activity. Plants have developed efficient mechanisms such as post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) to regulate abnormal gene expression in a sequence-specific fashion. PTGS of (trans)genes can...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1023/a:1006499832424
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The plant senescence syndrome resembles, in many molecular and phenotypic aspects, plant responses to abiotic stresses. Both processes have an enormous negative global agro-economic impact and endanger food security worldwide. Premature plant senescence is the main cause of losses in grain filling and biomass yield du...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s11103-013-0038-z
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-008-9297-5
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00029145
更新日期:1992-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-016-0516-1
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1019851913083
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Considerable progress in tomato molecular biology has been made over the past five years. At least 19 different mRNAs which increase in amount during tomato fruit ripening have been cloned and genes for enzymes involved in cell wall degradation (polygalacturonase and pectinesterase) and ethylene synthesis (ACC synthas...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF00015607
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this study a size selected genomic library from Quercus petraea was screened for (GA/CT)n-microsatellite sequences. The resulting loci were analysed by PCR for their usefulness as molecular markers in Q. petraea and Q. robur. 17 out of 52 tested primer pairs resulted in the amplification of a polymorphic single-loc...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1005736722794
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have cloned, sequenced, and examined the expression of genes from pine trees that appear to encode extracellular class II chitinase. Nucleotide sequence analysis indicates a coding sequence composed of three exons interrupted by two introns at locations identical to those found in other chitinase genes that possess...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1005708611020
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Plants cope with pathogens with distinct mechanisms. One example is a gene-for-gene system, in which plants recognize the pathogen molecule by specified protein(s), this being called the R factor. However, mechanisms of interaction between proteins from the host and the pathogen are not completely understood. Here, we...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-005-5817-8
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The location on the wheat chloroplast DNA map and the nucleotide sequences of the genes coding for tRNA GCC (Gly) (trnG-GCC), tRNA GUC (Asp) (trnD-GUC) and tRNA GCA (Cys) (trnC-GCA) have been determined. These three genes are located in the large single copy region of the chloroplast genome, about half-way between one...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02418249
更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cold acclimation in plants is a polygenic phenomenon involving increased expression of several genes. The gene products participate either directly or indirectly towards increasing cold tolerance. Evidence of proteins having a direct effect on cold tolerance is emerging but limited. With isolated protoplasts from warm...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1026599028063
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The multiple copies of the chloroplast genome (plastome) are condensed and organized into nucleoids by a set of proteins. One of these, the DNA-binding protein DCP68 from soybean, has previously been shown to compact DNA and to inhibit DNA synthesis in vitro. N-terminal amino acid analysis and the absorption spectrum ...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1015500431421
更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Transcriptional activator-like effectors (TALEs) are proteins secreted by Xanthomonas bacteria when they infect plants. TALEs contain a modular DNA binding domain that can be easily engineered to bind any sequence of interest, and have been used to provide user-selected DNA-binding modules to generate chimeric nucleas...
journal_title:Plant molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11103-011-9866-x
更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00