Plant Gene Expression
Promoters
- CaMVp 35S (strong, expressed everywhere)
- ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase p (strong, leaves)
- specialized promoters (e.g. pathogen induced, etc.)
Cloning promoters: promoter traps
- working hygro gene with promoterless reporter
- tranferred via T-DNA in agro
- following selection, reporter expression reveals promoter in 5-30% of random inserts