Circadian and light-induced expression of luciferase in Neurospora crassa |
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Authors: | Morgan Louis W Greene Andrew V Bell-Pedersen Deborah |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258, USA. |
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Abstract: | We have constructed a plasmid vector for expressing firefly luciferase in Neurospora crassa under control of the light- and clock-regulated ccg-2 (eas) promoter. The sequence of the luciferase gene in the vector has been modified to reflect the N. crassa codon bias. Both light-induced activity and circadian activity are demonstrated. Expression of luciferase in strains carrying mutant frequency alleles shows appropriate period length alterations. These data demonstrate that luciferase is a sensitive reporter of gene expression in N. crassa. Our results also show that the modified luciferase is expressed in Aspergillus nidulans. |
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Keywords: | Luciferase Neurospora crassa Aspergillus nidulans Circadian clock Light induction |
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