Examination of activity of 5’-upsream sequences and 1^st intron of the shrimp β-actin gene based on a reporter assay.

<p>A: schematic diagram of promoter region of luciferase reporter gene constructs. Showing various 5’-flanking sequence sequences of shrimp β-actin gene fused with luciferase gene. B: the relative levels of reporter gene expression in sf21 cells are shown. The constructs were transiently co-transfected into cells along with pRL-tk control vector. The activity of firely and Renilla luciferase in the cell lysate were measured using Dual-luciferase reporter assay (Promega) at 48h post transfection. Firefly luciferase activity was normalized to Renilla luciferase activity. The Bars indicated mean ±S.D. of luciferase activity (n = 3).