A short history of the CaMV 35S promoter
School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, 3010 Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Subject Areas
- Agricultural Science, Biotechnology, Genetics, Plant Science, Virology
- Keywords
- Pusztai affair, 35S promoter, Cauliflower Mosaic Virus, Biotechnology, Petunia field trial, Plant science, CaMV 35S Promoter, History of Biology, GMOs, Genetic engineering
- Copyright
- © 2018 Somssich
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2018. A short history of the CaMV 35S promoter. PeerJ Preprints 6:e27096v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27096v1
Abstract
In an organism, be it plant, animal or human, almost every gene has its own promoter sequence, which is typified as a DNA stretch that controls how a gene is expressed in a cell. Hence, the activity of a promoter controls in which cell type, during which developmental stage or during what environmental condition a certain gene is expressed. However, the most widely used promoter in plant biotechnology is actually not derived from a plant, but a pathogenic virus. How and why did that happen? Here's a short history of the CaMV 35S promoter.
Author Comment
A review on the history of the CaMV 35S promoter as the standard promoter in Plant Science.