Monsanto Technology LLC

Brendan S Hinchey

Wei Wu

David K Kovalic

Qi Wang

Maolong Lu

Zhaolong Li

Linda L Lutfiyya

Andrey A Boukharov

Yongwei Cao

Donald E Nelson

James Morrell

Ping Li

Michelle Lacy

John A Korte

Hee-Sook Song

Jeffrey E Ahrens

Paolo Castiglioni

Paul J Loida

Santanu Dasgupta

Erin Bell

Robert J Bensen

Robert Benson

Jaffery Ahrens

The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the transcription factor Nuclear Factor B (NFB2) gene ofand useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing theNFB2 regulatory polynucleotide sequences, and methods for preparing and using the same.

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The present invention discloses and claims stress-inducible plant promoters, DNA constructs with such promoters, transgenic plants containing such promoters and DNA constructs, isolated DNAs encoding such promoters, and methods of making and using such promoters, DNA constructs, transgenic plants, and isolated DNAs.

Stress-inducible plant promoters

Disclosed herein are transgenic plants and seed having an exogenous DNA which expresses a GB1 protein that imparts increased glycine-betaine content in plants.

Transgenic plants with increased glycine-betaine

The present invention provides DNA molecules isolated fromplants and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the DNA molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the DNA molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants.

Promoter molecules for use in plants

The present invention provides DNA molecules isolated from corn and sorghum plants that are useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the DNA molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the DNA molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants.

The current invention provides the promoter of thenuclear gene encoding glutamine synthetase. Compositions comprising this sequence are described, as are plants transformed with such compositions. Further provided are methods for the expression of transgenes in plants comprising the use of these sequences. The methods of the invention include the direct creation of transgenic plants with the cytoplasmic glutamine synthetase promoter by genetic transformation, as well as by plant breeding methods. The sequences of the invention represent a valuable new tool for the creation of transgenic plants, preferably having one or more added beneficial characteristics.

Maize cytoplasmic glutamine synthetase promoter compositions and methods for use thereof

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Mystic, CT, United States of America

Brendan S Hinchey