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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2011
Etsuko Hattori, Toyota, JP;
Satoru Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuyo Ito, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides gene expression regulatory DNA having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner. The following is provided: gene expression regulatory DNA having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner, which comprises any one of the following (a) to (d): (a) DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4; (b) DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence that has a deletion, a substitution, an addition, or an insertion of one or a plurality of nucleotides in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner; (c) DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence having 90% or more sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner; and (d) DNA hybridizing under stringent conditions to DNA consisting of a sequence complementary to a part or the entirety of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner.