
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ma, Qing-Hu 
A1  - Zhang, Ren 
A1  - Hocart, Charles H. 
A1  - Letham, David S. 
A1  - Higgins, Thomas J. V. 
T1  - Seed-specific expression of the isopentenyl transferase gene (<emph type="2">ipt</emph>) in transgenic tobacco
JF  - Functional Plant Biology
JO  - Functional Plant Biol.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
SP  - 53
EP  - 59
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PP96072 
N2  - The Agrobacterium tumefaciens gene encoding isopentenyl transferase (ipt), a cytokinin biosynthetic gene, was fused to a promoter from a seed-specific gene, vicilin, and introduced into tobacco cells. Intact fertile plants were generated. The expression of the vicilin-ipt gene was shown to be confined to seed and resulted in enhanced levels of cytokinins in the developing seeds and increased seed protein content. Using a simplified quantification method, a significant increase in the levels of endogenous cytokinins was recorded at 16&#x2013;21 days after flowering. The growth of the transgenic plants and the development of the seeds appeared to be normal. 
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