title: Intron-dependent transient expression of the maize GapA1 gene.
abstract: Transient expression experiments show that the maize GapA1 promoter exhibits a requirement for sequences contained within intron 1 and surrounding exon border regions for expression in maize Black Mexican Sweet cells. Maize GapA1-promoter constructs lacking intron 1 are inactive. Intron 1 and its exon border sequences, when reintroduced into constructs lacking introns, restore gene activity whereas intron 2 and its exon borders to not. The minimal promoter so defined encompasses roughly 250 bp upstream of the in vivo transcription start and appears also to include intron 1. An octameric sequence was identified in intron 1 of maize GapA1 which is similar to sequence motifs found in other maize introns known to increase transient expression. Partial restoration of gene expression in GapA1 constructs lacking intron 1 was achieved through insertion of the identified octameric sequence.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donath
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mendel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cerff
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000201:enzymology; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D003313:Zea mays / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases