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http://dx.doi.org/10.7852/jses.2014.52.1.39

Characterization of the RNA binding protein-1 gene promoter of the silkworm silk grands  

Choi, Kwang-Ho (Sericultural & Apicultural Materials Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Kim, Seong-Ryul (Sericultural & Apicultural Materials Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Kim, Sung-Wan (Sericultural & Apicultural Materials Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Goo, Tae-Won (Sericultural & Apicultural Materials Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Kang, Seok-Woo (Sericultural & Apicultural Materials Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Park, Seoung-Won (Dep. of Biotechnology, Catholic Univ. of DAEGU)
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Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science / v.52, no.1, 2014 , pp. 39-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
We isolated highly-expressed genes in the posterior silk glands of silkworm on a previously study, which one of these was identified as RNA binding protein-1 homologue (RBP-1) gene. In this study, we investigated gene expressional characteristics of the RBP-1 depending on silkworm development stages and several tissues of the larvae, respectively. Northern blot hybridization analysis showed that the RBP-1 gene was expressed high in larval and pupal periods, and highly expressed than endogenous internal control gene (BmA3) on all tested larval tissues. In addition, we isolated and analyzed a phage DNA having 1,660 bp-long promoter region of the RBP-1 gene from a genomic DNA library. To study the RBP-1 gene promoter activity, RBP-1 (-740/+ 30) was amplified by PCR and subcloned into a pGL3 basic vector to generate pGL-RBP1. A luciferase report vector carrying RBP-1 gene promoter (770 bp) was tested by luciferase assay in Sf9 cells. In the result, the RBP-1 gene promoter was more efficient than constitutive promoter (BmA3) by approximately ten percent.
Keywords
Silkworm; RNA-binding Protein; Promoter;
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