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The ZmRCP‑1 promoter of maize provides root tip specific expression of transgenes in plantain

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Title The ZmRCP‑1 promoter of maize provides root tip specific expression of transgenes in plantain
 
Creator Onyango, S.O.
Roderick, H.
Tripathi, J.N.
Collins, R.
Atkinson, H.J.
Oduor, R.O.
Tripathi, L.
 
Subject plantains
root
nematode
disease control
 
Description Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) provide 25 % of the food energy requirements for more than 100 million people in Africa. Plant parasitic nematodes cause severe losses to the crop due to lack of control options. The sterile nature of Musa spp. hampers conventional breeding but makes the crop suitable for genetic engineering. A constitutively expressed synthetic peptide in transgenic plantain has provided resistance against nematodes. Previous work with the peptide in potato plants indicates that targeting expression to the root tip improves the efficacy of the defence mechanism. However, a promoter that will provide root tip specific expression of transgenes in a monocot plant, such as plantain, is not currently available. Here, we report the cloning and evaluation of the maize root cap-specific protein-1 (ZmRCP-1) promoter for root tip targeted expression of transgenes that provide a defence against plant parasitic nematodes in transgenic plantain.
 
Date 2016-12
2016-05-25T09:22:19Z
2016-05-25T09:22:19Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Onyango, S.O., Roderick, H., Tripathi, J., Collins, R., Atkinson, H.J., Oduor, R.O., & Tripathi, L. (2016). The ZmRCP-1 promoter of maize provides root tip specific expression of transgenes in plantain. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, 23(4), 1-9.
2241-5793
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/74319
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40709-016-0041-z
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 1-9
application/pdf
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki