Abstract:

To investigate the effect of matrix attachment regions (MARs) on levels of transgene expression in transgenic plants, β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene ( uidA ) was flanked by the MARs isolated from the genome of pea ( Pisum sativum L.) to form plant expression vector. The plant expression vectors with and without MARs were transferred into tobaccos ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) via Agrobacterium -mediated transformation procedure. The results of GUS activity showed that MARs could increase levels of uidA gene expression, the mean GUS activity could be increased two fold compared with that of transformants without MARs, the highest GUS activity of transformant could arrive at five fold.

核基质结合区在转基因烟草中对转基因表达的影响
李旭刚 路子显 陈蕾 肖桂芳 朱祯*

（中国科学院遗传研究所，北京100101）

摘要：为研究核基质结合区 (matrixattachmentregions,MARs)在转基因植物中对外源转基因 (transgene)表达的影响 ,将来源豌豆 (Pisumsativum L .)的MARs序列构建在报告基因 β-葡糖醛酸酶 (β-glucuronidase ,GUS)基因 (uidA)的两侧形成植物表达载体。将此载体与不包含MARs序列的植物表达载体经根癌土壤杆菌 (Agrobacteriumtumefaciens(SmithetTownsend)Conn)介导转化烟草 (Nicotianatabacum L .)。GUS活性检测表明 ,MARs可以提高外源uidA基因的表达水平。和不包含MARs的转化植株相比 ,MARs序列的存在可以使uidA基因的平均表达水平提高 2倍 ,最高的可达 5倍
关键词： 核基质结合区；β-葡糖醛酸酶；转基因；基因表达

Key words: matrix attachment region, β-glucuronidase, transgene, gene expression