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A novel circadian phenotype based on firefly luciferase expression in transgenic plants

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authors

  • Millar, A. J.
  • Short, S. R.
  • Chua, N. H.
  • Kay, Steve A.

publication date

  • September 1992

journal

  • Plant Cell  Journal

abstract

  • A 320-bp fragment of the Arabidopsis cab2 promoter is sufficient to mediate transcriptional regulation by both phytochrome and the circadian clock. We fused this promoter fragment to the firefly luciferase (Luc) gene to create a real-time reporter for regulated gene expression in intact plants. Cab2::Luc transcript accumulated in the expected patterns and luciferase activity was closely correlated to cab2::Luc mRNA abundance in both etiolated and green seedlings. The concentration of the bulk of luciferase protein did not reflect these patterns but maintained a relatively constant level, implying that a post-translational mechanism(s) leads to the high-amplitude regulation of luciferase activity. We used a low-light video imaging system to establish that luciferase bioluminescence in vivo accurately reports the temporal and spatial regulation of cab2 transcription in single seedlings. The unique qualities of the firefly luciferase system allowed us to monitor regulated gene expression in real time in individual multicellular organisms. This noninvasive marker for temporal regulation at the molecular level constitutes a circadian phenotype, which may be used to isolate mutants in the circadian clock.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Beetles
  • Circadian Rhythm
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Luciferases
  • Luminescent Measurements
  • Organ Specificity
  • Phenotype
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
  • Plants, Genetically Modified
  • Plants, Toxic
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Seeds
  • Tobacco
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC160198

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1040-4651

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1105/tpc.4.9.1075

PubMed ID

  • 1392609
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1075

end page

  • 1087

volume

  • 4

issue

  • 9

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