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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Clinton Gray, Cambridge, GB;
Jagdeep Singh Sandhu, Urbana-Champaign, IL (US);
Carl Innes Webster, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Ltd., London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/529 ; A01H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/529 ; A01H 5/00 ;
Abstract
The invention provides enhancers for one or more gene promoters, which enhancers are nucleotide sequences rich in A and T bases, the total amount of A and T bases comprising more than 50% of the nucleotide sequence. Particular sequences are identified from the pea plastocyanin promoter which are active as enhancers, as is a solely A/T nucleotide sequence, and methods of carrying out the invention are described.