CaMV35S promoter – A plant biology and biotechnology workhorse in the era of synthetic biology
121 Citations•2020•
Stephanie C. Amack, Mauricio S. Antunes
It is fitting for plant synthetic biologists to establish the CaMV 35S promoter as a quantitative reference standard for transcription activity in plants — all other promoters would have their activity expressed relative to CaMv 35S.
Abstract
This review article calls for establishing the CaMV 35S promoter as a quantitative reference standard for transcription activity in plants.