title: The CaMV 35S enhancer contains at least two domains which can confer different developmental and tissue-specific expression patterns.
abstract: We have analyzed expression conferred by two domains from the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter and found different patterns in seeds, seedlings and seven week old plants. Expression from domain A (-90 to +8) is strongest in the radicle of the embryo, the radicle pole of the endosperm and in root tissue of seedlings and mature plants. Expression from domain B (-343 to -90) is strongest in the cells adjacent the cotyledon of the endosperm, in the cotyledons of the embryo and seedings and in the leaves and stem of mature plants. When both domain A and domain B are present expression is detectable in most tissues at all stages of development. Thus analysis of a constitutive promoter in transgenic plants can be used to identify cis elements that confer tissue specific and developmentally regulated expression.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave., New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Benfey
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Chua