Sungene Gmbh

Sungene Gmbh & Co. Kgaa

Basf Plant Science Gmbh

Swetree Technologies Ab

Helke Hillebrand

Karin Herbers

Ulrich Keetman

Ute Linemann

Uwe Sonnewald

Irene Kunze

Ute Heim

Wolfgang Lein

Eric Glickmann

Rüdiger Hell

Ricarda Jost

Linda Patricia Loyall

Elke Duwenig

Marcus Ebneth

Torgny Näsholm

Ulrich Keetmann

The invention relates to expression cassettes and vectors which contain constitutive promoters of plants and to the use of these expression cassettes or vectors for transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences, preferably selection markers, in organisms, preferably in plants. The invention further relates to transgenic plants which have been transformed with the expression cassettes or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived from these plants, and to the use of these plants for the production of food and animal feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals, or fine chemicals.

Expression cassettes for transgenic expression of nucleic acids

The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with constitutive expression profiles in plants obtainable fromgenes At5g17920, At3g03780, At2g01100, At2g34770, At5g61560, At4g00830, At3g10220, At4g38520, At3g11110, At2g47170, Atlg64090, At5g60690, Atlg76350, At1g76580, Atlg31930, At5g18230, Atlg20970, or At4g35620. The expression cassettes according to the present invention may be employed for expression of a protein, or expression of an antisense RNA, sense or double-stranded RNA. Preferably, expression of the nucleic acid sequence confers to the plant an agronomically valuable trait. Vectors comprising such an expression cassette, and transgenic host cell or non-human organism comprising the expression cassette or the vector are also enclosed. Also enclosed is a method for identifying and/or isolating a sequence with constitutive transcription regulating activity.

Constitutive expression cassettes for regulation of plant expression

The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with constitutive expression profiles in plants obtainable fromgenes At5g17920, At3g03780, At2g01100, At2g34770, At5g61560, At4g00830, At3g10220, At4g38520, At3g11110, At2g47170, At1g64090, At5g60690, At1g76350, At1g76580, At1g31930, At5g18230, At1g20970, or At4g35620. The expression cassettes according to the present invention may be employed for expression of a protein, or expression of an antisense RNA, sense or double-stranded RNA. Preferably, expression of the nucleic acid sequence confers to the plant an agronomically valuable trait. Vectors comprising such an expression cassette, and transgenic host cell or non-human organism comprising the expression cassette or the vector are also enclosed. Also enclosed is a method for identifying and/or isolating a sequence with constitutive transcription regulating activity.

The invention relates to expression cassettes and vectors, which contain vegetable constitutive promoters and to the use of these expression cassettes or vectors for the transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences preferably selection markers in organisms, preferably in plants. The invention also relates to transgenic plants that have been transformed using these expression cassettes or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation products derived from these plants, and to the use of these plants for producing food and animal feed agents, seeds, pharmaceuticals, or fine chemicals.

The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with root-preferential or root-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable fromgenes At1g66280, At1g74500, At1g49570, At1g70710, At5g66690, At3g29630, At5g48070, or At4g17800. The expression cassettes according to the present invention may be employed for expression of a protein, or expression of an antisense RNA, sense or double-stranded RNA. Preferably, expression of the nucleic acid sequence confers to the plant an agronomically valuable trait. Vectors comprising such expression cassette, and transgenic host cell or non-human organism comprising the expression cassette or the vector is also enclosed. Also enclosed is a method for identifying and/or isolating a sequence with root-specific or root-preferential transcription regulating activity.

Expression cassettes for root-preferential expression in plants

The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with vascular tissue-preferential or vascular tissue-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable fromgenes At4g00140, At5g45350, At2g39830, At1g68430, or At5g67280.

Expression cassettes for vascular tissue-preferential expression in plants

The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with constitutive expression profiles in plants obtainable fromgenes At5g17920, At3g03780, At2g01100, At2g34770, At5g61560, At4g00830, At3g10220, At4g38520, At3g11110, At2g47170, At1g64090, At5g60690, At1g76350, At1g76580, At1g31930, At5g18230, At1g20970, or At4g35620.

The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with seed-preferential or seed-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable fromgenes At4g12910, At1g66250, At4g00820, At2g36640, At2g34200, At3g11180, At4g00360, At2g48030, At2g38590, At1g23000, At3g15510, At3g50870, At4g00220, or At4g26320.

Expression cassettes for seed-preferential expression in plants

The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with meristem-preferential or meristem-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable fromgenes At2g02180, At5g54510, At2g26970, At2g01180, At3g45560, At4g00580, At1g54480, or At4g11490, or thegenomic sequences as described by SEQ ID NO: 35 or 36.

Expression cassettes for meristem-preferential expression in plants

The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with root-preferential or root-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable fromgenes At1g66280, At1g74500, At1g49570, At1g70710, At5g66690, At3g29630, At5g48070, or At4g17800.

The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with guard cell-preferential or guard cell-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable fromgene At5g58580, or fromgenomic DNA sequences as described by SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, or 15.

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Helke Hillebrand