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A maize genomic clone containing a zein gene (Z4) is inserted into the T-DNA of the Ti plasmid pTiT37. Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain harboring this modified Ti plasmid is used to infect stem sections of young plants or explants of dicotyledonous Solanum nigrum. Axenic transformed calli active in nopaline synthesis are obtained and transgenic plants are differentiated from them DNA Southern hybridization and RNA dot-hybridization analyses show that the zein gene is really transferred and integrated into the nuclear genome of transformed Solanum nigrum and that the zein gene can be transcribed into mRNA in the transformed calli and shoots. But the presence of the zein protein cannot be detected in either the transformed calli or the transgenic shoots. The results of thte experiments demonstrate that the promoter of a gene from monocotyledonous plants can function normally in transgenic dicots. The possibility of developmentally-regulated expression of the zein gene in transformed dicots is discussed in
Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain harboring this modified Ti plasmid is used to infect stem sections of young plants or explants of dicotyledonous Solanum nigrum. Axenic transformed calli active in nopaline synthesis are obtained and transgenic plants are differentiated from them DNA Southern hybridization and RNA dot-hybridization analyzes show that the zein gene is really transferred and integrated into the nuclear genome of transformed Solanum nigrum and that the zein gene can be transcribed into mRNA in the transformed calli and shoots. But the presence of the zein protein can not be detected in either the transformed calli or the transgenic shoots. The results of thte experiments demonstrate that the promoter of a gene from monocotyledonous plants can function normally in transgenic dicots. The possibility of developingally-regulated expression of the zein gene in transformed dico ts is discussed in