GENE SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSED IN ENDOSPERM OF PLANT, PROMOTER FOR THE GENE AND USE OF THE GENE AND THE PROMOTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gene specifically expressed in an endosperm of plant, a promoter of the gene and the use of the gene and the promoter.

SOLUTION: A new rice glutelin gene GluD-1 expressed specifically in a seed is identified. It is confirmed that a promoter for the GluD-1 gene can induce the seed-specific gene expression and can also induce the expression of a gene located downstream from the promoter in an endosperm-specific manner in the early stage of the seed maturation process. Thus, the GluD-1 promoter can induce the strong expression of a foreign gene in an area that contains an endosperm.

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