Sungene Gmbh

Sungene Gmbh & Co. Kgaa

Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Basf Plant Science Gmbh

Karin Herbers

Helke Hillebrand

Ulrich Keetman

Ute Linemann

Uwe Sonnewald

Ute Heim

Irene Kunze

Eric Glickmann

Wolfgang Lein

Rüdiger Hell

Ricarda Jost

Ralf Flachmann

Linda Patricia Loyall

Elke Duwenig

Andreas Reindl

Matt Sauer

Martin Klebsattel

Frederik Börnke

Horst-Ekkehard Neuhaus

Bettina Tschiersch

Heike Hillebrand

J&ouml;rg Schwender

Hartmut Lichtenthaler

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 invention relates to methods for the directed, transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences in the carbohydrate-storing sink tissues of plants using transgenic expression cassettes which comprise theplastidic 1,4-&#x3b1;-D-glucan:phosphate &#x3b1;-D-glucosyltransferase promoter. Furthermore, the invention relates to said transgenic expression cassettes and to transgenic expression vectors and transgenic organisms comprising them, and to the use of the same for the production of foodstuffs, feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals.

Transgenic expression cassettes for expressing nucleic acid sequences in sink tissues of plants that store carbohydrate

The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by expression, preferably pathogen-inducible expression, of a sucrose isomerase.

Methods for obtaining pathogen resistance in plants

The invention relates to methods for the transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences predominantly in starch-comprising tissues of plants, preferably in fruits, roots, seeds or tubers, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is expressed under the control of a promoter of a starch synthase 3. Furthermore in accordance with the invention are transgenic expression cassettes and vectors comprising a promoter of a starch synthase 3, and the use thereof for the production of foodstuffs, feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals.

Expression cassette for nucleic acids in plant tissue containing starch

The invention relates to transgenic expression cassettes for expressing two nucleic acid sequences in a plant cell comprising at least one regulatory sequence selected from the group consisting of

Expression cassettes for the bi-directional transgenic expression of nucleic acids 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 invention relates to methods for the targeted transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences in nonreproductive floral tissues of plants, and to transgenic expression cassettes and expression vectors which comprise promoters having an expression specificity for nonreproductive tissues of the flower. The invention further relates to organisms (preferably plants) transformed with these transgenic expression cassettes or expression vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived therefrom, and to the use of the same for producing human and animal foods, seeds, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals.

Transgenic expression cassettes for expressing nucleic acids in non-reproductive floral tissues of 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.

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