Expression of GUS Driven by Native (PXa13) or Mutated (PXa13Δ79T, PXa13Δ75A, PXa13Δ78A, and PXa13Δ77G) Promoters after PXO99 Infection or Mock-Inoculation at the Booting Stage.
(A) The structures of mutated promoters and the sites of mutations. The UPTPthXo1 box of PXa13 is shown with bold italic letters. The figure with a sign of substitution indicates the site of nucleotides substitution.
(B) Expression of GUS in transgenic plants. GUS activity was determined by measuring the amount of 4-methylumbelliferone (Mu) produced under the catalysis of GUS in 1 mg total protein per minute. Twenty to 36 T0 transgenic plants carrying each construct were used for analyses. For each time point examined, leaf fragments were collected from all the plants carrying the same construct and mixed for preparing sample. The GUS activity at each time point was the average of three measurements ± standard deviation. ck, without pathogen- or mock-inoculation. The asterisk (*) indicates that a significant difference (P < 0.01) was detected between PXO99-inoculated plants and non-inoculated control (ck) plants carrying the same promoter.