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Hevea brasiliensis anther calli were genetically transformed using Agrobacterium GV2260 (p35SGUSINT) that harboured the β-glucuronidase (gus) and neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) genes. β-Glucuronidase protein (GUS) was expressed in the leaves of kanamycin-resistant plants that were regnerated, and the presence of the gene was confirmed by Southern analysis. GUS was also observed to be expressed in the latex and more importantly in the serum fraction. Transverse sections of the leaf petiole from a transformed plant revealed GUS expression to be especially enhanced in the phloem and laticifers. GUS expression was subsequently detected in every one of 194 plants representing three successive vegetative cycles propagated from the original transformant. Transgenic Hevea could thus facilitate the continual production of foreign proteins expressed in the latex.
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Received: 14 February 1997 / Revision received: 16 August 1997 / Accepted: 20 July 1997
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Arokiaraj, P., Yeet Yeang, H., Fong Cheong, K. et al. CaMV 35S promoter directs β-glucuronidase expression in the laticiferous system of transgenic Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree). Plant Cell Reports 17, 621–625 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050454
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050454