T-DNA tagging of the translation initiation factor eIF-4A1 of Arabidopsis thaliana |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Business and Health Administration, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL 60435, United States;2. Intermodal Transportation Institute, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL 60435, United States;3. Prime Focus LLC, De Pere, WI 54115, United States;4. College of Business and Health Administration, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL 60435, United States |
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| Abstract: | A transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana line, generated using a T-DNA vector carrying a promoterless gus reporter gene, showed intense GUS expression in young leaves and rapidly growing stem tissues. The gus fusion has tagged the 3′ region of the gene encoding the A. thaliana eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF-4A1. Comparison of the genomic and cDNA sequence shows that the eIF-4A1 gene contains four introns. Three introns interrupt the translated region, whereas the largest intron splits the 5′-untranslated region. In plants homozygous for the T-DNA markers, the eIF-4A1 and gus genes are expressed as different mature mRNAs. The gus gene is possibly expressed from a cryptic promoter downstream the eIF-4A1 gene. |
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