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. 1992 Nov;100(3):1503–1507. doi: 10.1104/pp.100.3.1503

Expression of a Maize Ubiquitin Gene Promoter-bar Chimeric Gene in Transgenic Rice Plants 1

Seiichi Toki 1,2,3,4,5, Susumu Takamatsu 1,2,3,4,5, Chyuhei Nojiri 1,2,3,4,5, Shinya Ooba 1,2,3,4,5, Hiroyuki Anzai 1,2,3,4,5, Michiaki Iwata 1,2,3,4,5, Alan H Christensen 1,2,3,4,5,2, Peter H Quail 1,2,3,4,5, Hirofumi Uchimiya 1,2,3,4,5
PMCID: PMC1075812  PMID: 16653150

Abstract

We have constructed a chimeric gene consisting of the promoter, first exon, and first intron of a maize ubiquitin gene (Ubi-1) and the coding sequence of the bar gene from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. This construct was transferred into rice (Oryza sativa L.) protoplasts via electroporation, and 10 plants were regenerated from calli that had been selected for resistance to exogenously supplied bialaphos. Transgenic plants grown in a greenhouse were resistant to both bialaphos and phosphinothricine at a dosage lethal to untransformed control plants. Evidence of stable integration of the transferred gene into the genome of the regenerated primary transformant plants was obtained from Southern blot analysis. In addition, northern blot analysis indicated expression and proper splicing of the maize ubiquitin gene first intron from the primary chimeric transcript in these transgenic rice plants, and western blot analysis and enzymic assays verified expression of the active bar gene product. Apparent mendelian segregation for bialaphos resistance in T1 progeny of primary transformants was confirmed.

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