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The effect of parameters involved in the transformation efficiency of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seed tissues by direct gene transfer using a helium inflow particle bombardment device was evaluated. Transient gene expression was affected by both particle and DNA amounts, and was positively correlated with gene copy number, as determined byβ-glucuronidase (GUS) activity assays. No influence of plasmid size on GUS gene expression was observed. Transcriptional control of GUS by either the CaMV 35S or the 2S promoter from Brazil nut 2S albumin gene varied with the developmental stage of the seed and was approximately tenfold greater under the influence of the 35S promoter than under the 2S promoter. The gene products of both the Brazil nut methionine-rich 2S albumin and GUS genes under the transcriptional control of the 35S promoter were detected by ELISA assays.
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Lacorte, C., Aragão, F.J.L., Almeida, E.R. et al. Transient expression of GUS and the 2S albumin gene from Brazil nut in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seed explants using particle bombardment. Plant Cell Reports 16, 619–623 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01275502
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