In comparison with animals, relatively few plant genes have been identified that have been shown to be under organ-, tissue- or cell-type-specific regulation. In this paper, we describe how the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene (gusA or uidA), fused to a weak promoter (a truncated (-90 bp) CaMV35S promoter), can be used to identify tissue-specific markers in transgenic tobacco plants. The ...

We constructed a chimeric gene consisting of a soybean small auxin up RNA (SAUR) promoter and leader sequence fused to an Escherichia coli [beta]-glucuronidase (GUS) open reading frame and a 3[prime] untranslated nopaline synthase sequence from Agrobacterium tumefaciens. This chimeric gene was used to transform tobacco by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. In R2 etiolated transgenic tobacco...

Glycosaminoglycan storage begins in prenatal life in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS). In fact, prenatal hydrops is a common manifestation of MPS VII because of beta-glucuronidase (GUS) deficiency. One way to address prenatal storage might be to deliver the missing enzyme across the placenta into the fetal circulation. Maternal IgG is transported across the placenta by the neonatal Fc ...

Gibberellin 20-oxidases, enzymes of gibberellin (GA) biosynthesis, play an important role in (GA) homeostasis. To investigate the regulation of tomato SlGA20ox1 expression, a genomic clone was isolated, its promoter transcriptionally fused to the GUS reporter gene, and the construct used to transform Arabidopsis. Expression was found in diverse vegetative (leaves and roots) and reproductive (fl...

Genes encoding phenyla]anine ammonia-tyase (PAL) form a small multigene family with at least three members in pea. Tissue-specific expression of the promoter of a member of PAL gene family (RSR4Ll) was inyestigated in the transgenic tobacco transformants earrying the different modes of chimeric fusion between the RSItaLl promoter and a bacteria] ll-glucuronidase (GUS) gene. In stems, at least, ...

We consider the following guessing game: fix positive integers k, m, and n. Player A (“Ann”) chooses a (uniformly) random integer α from the set {1,2,3, . . . ,n}, but does not reveal α to Player B (“Gus”). Gus then presents Ann with a k-option multiple choice question about which number she chose, to which Ann responds truthfully. After m such questions have been asked, Gus must attempt to gue...

Previous genetic and structural evidence indicates that the maize R gene encodes a nuclear transcriptional activating factor. In-frame carboxyl- and amino-terminal fusions of the R gene to the reporter gene encoding beta-glucuronidase (GUS) were sufficient to direct GUS to the nucleus of the transiently transformed onion (Allium cepa) epidermal cells. Further analysis of chimeric constructs con...

It is widely accepted that the Arabidopsis Adh (alcohol dehydrogenase) gene is constitutively expressed at low levels in the roots of young plants grown on agar media, and that the expression level is greatly induced by anoxic or hypoxic stresses. We questioned whether the agar medium itself created an anaerobic environment for the roots upon their growing into the gel. beta-Glucuronidase (GUS)...

Agrobacterium-based transformation was used to introduce a promoter-less glucuronidase uidA gene (beta-glucuronidase; GUS) into Lotus japonicus. Transgenic plants were screened for GUS activation at different stages after inoculation with its symbiont, Mesorhizobium loti. Functional GUS fusion frequencies ranged from about 2 to 5% of the total number of transgenic lines. These lines provide exc...

The Arabidopsis APETALA3 (AP3) and PISTILLATA (PI) proteins are thought to act as transcription factors and are required for specifying floral organ identities. To define the nuclear localization signals within these proteins, we generated translational fusions of the coding regions of AP3 and PI to the bacterial uidA gene that encodes beta-glucuronidase (GUS). Transient transformation assays o...