The oil palm metallothionein promoter contains a novel AGTTAGG motif conferring its fruit-specific expression and is inducible by abiotic factors

• Main Authors: Omidvar, Vahid, Abdullah, Siti Nor Akmar, Izadfard, Amir, Chai, Ling Ho, Mahmood, Maziah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17749/; http://www.springerlink.com/content/xg8880n614412957/

The 1,053-bp promoter of the oil palm metallothionein gene (so-called MSP1) and its 5′ deletions were fused to the GUS reporter gene, and analysed in transiently transformed oil palm tissues. The full length promoter showed sevenfold higher activity in the mesocarp than in leaves and 1.5-fold more a...