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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (9): 225-231.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2013-1989

Special Issue: 生物技术 农业工程

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The Research Progress of Tissue-specific Promoters in Crop Gene Engineering

  

  • Received:2013-07-20 Revised:2013-08-23 Online:2014-03-25 Published:2014-03-25

Abstract: In the crop genetic engineering, constitute promoters have been used to make foreign gene express efficiently in transgenic crops, but constitute promoters are unable to regulate gene expression temporally and spatially. Tissue-specific promoters can be employed to alleviate the drawbacks of constituted promoters in transgenic crops. The target genes driven by tissue-specific promoters are expressed in special tissue or organ, and the target proteins are accumulated in special parts. This review was a brief introduction to tissue-specific promoter characters, mainly focusing on the category of tissue-specific promoters and the up-to-date research progress in crop genetic engineering. Furthermore, the limits and prospects of tissue-specific promoters in crop genetic engineering were discussed.