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There are multiple publications on Anthurium transformation, yet a commercial product has not been achieved. This may be due to use of non-optimum promoters here we address this problem.
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Different promoters and tissue types were evaluated for transient β-glucuronidase (GUS) expression in Anthurium andraeanum Hort. ‘Marian Seefurth’ following microprojectile bombardment. Plasmids containing the Ubiquitin 2, Actin 1, Cytochrome C1 from rice, Ubiquitin 1 from maize and 35S promoter from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus fused to a GUS reporter gene were bombarded into in vitro grown anthurium lamina, somatic embryos and roots. The number of GUS foci and the intensity of GUS expression were evaluated for each construct. Ubiquitin promoters from rice and maize resulted in the highest number of expressing cells in all tissues examined. Due to the slow growth of anthurium plants, development of transgenic anthurium plants takes years. This research has rapidly identified multiple promoters that express in various anthurium tissues facilitating the development of transformation vectors for the expression of desirable traits in anthurium plants.
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Abbreviations
- 2,4-D :
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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- GUS:
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β Glucuronidase
- HDOA:
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Hawaii Department of Agriculture
- MS:
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Murashige and Skoog
- USDA:
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United States Department of Agriculture
- X-Gluc:
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5-Bromo-4 chloro-3 indolyl-β-d-glucoride, cyclohexyl ammonium salt
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Matsumoto, T.K., Keith, L.M., Cabos, R.Y.M. et al. Screening promoters for Anthurium transformation using transient expression. Plant Cell Rep 32, 443–451 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-012-1376-z
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