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Table 3 Correlation between GFP accumulation levels and PB presence in plants expressing GFP, GFP-ELP and GFP-HFBI

From: Protein body formation in stable transgenic tobacco expressing elastin-like polypeptide and hydrophobin fusion proteins

Accumulation level of GFPa

PBs

Absence

Presence

Less than 0.2% TSP

20

0

More than 0.2% TSP

4

36

  1. a, In total, 60 transgenic lines were analyzed by laser scanning confocal microscopy to determine presence or absences of PBs. Three leaf samples per plant were analyzed including one young leaf, one medium-sized leaf and one old leaf.