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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2015, Vol. 14 Issue (1): 1-10    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60763-2
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Identification and validation of root-specific promoters in rice
 HUANG Li-yu, ZHANG Fan, QIN Qiao, WANG Wen-sheng, ZHANG Ting, FU Bin-ying
National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement/Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
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摘要  Novel promoters that confer root-specific expression would be useful for engineering resistance against problems of nutrient and water absorption by roots. In this study, the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was used to identify seven genes with root-specific expression in rice. The isolation and characterization of upstream promoter regions of five selected genes rice root-specific promoter (rRSP) 1 to 5 (rRSP1-rRSP5) and A2P (the promoter of OsAct2) revealed that rRSP1, rRSP3, and rRSP5 are particularly important with respect to root-specific activities. Furthermore, rRSP1, rRSP3, and rRSP5 were observed to make different contributions to root activities in various species. These three promoters could be used for root-specific enhancement of target gene(s).

Abstract  Novel promoters that confer root-specific expression would be useful for engineering resistance against problems of nutrient and water absorption by roots. In this study, the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was used to identify seven genes with root-specific expression in rice. The isolation and characterization of upstream promoter regions of five selected genes rice root-specific promoter (rRSP) 1 to 5 (rRSP1-rRSP5) and A2P (the promoter of OsAct2) revealed that rRSP1, rRSP3, and rRSP5 are particularly important with respect to root-specific activities. Furthermore, rRSP1, rRSP3, and rRSP5 were observed to make different contributions to root activities in various species. These three promoters could be used for root-specific enhancement of target gene(s).
Keywords:  rice       root-specific promoters       expression profile  
Received: 03 January 2014   Accepted:
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31271694) and the National Transgenic Plant Program of China (2011ZX08001-003).

Corresponding Authors:  FU Bin-ying, Tel: +86-10-82106698, Fax: +86-10-82108559,E-mail: fubinying@caas.cn   
About author:  HUANG Li-yu, E-mail: lyhuang2007@163.com;

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HUANG Li-yu, ZHANG Fan, QIN Qiao, WANG Wen-sheng, ZHANG Ting, FU Bin-ying. 2015. Identification and validation of root-specific promoters in rice. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 14(1): 1-10.

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