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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Joseph M. Jilka, Kansas City, KS (US);
Elizabeth E. Hood, State University, AR (US);
John A. Howard, Cayucos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph M. Jilka, Kansas City, KS (US);
Elizabeth E. Hood, State University, AR (US);
John A. Howard, Cayucos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Biotechnology Institute, Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/00 (2005.12); C12N 15/82 (2005.12); C12N 15/87 (2005.12); C07H 21/04 (2005.12); C12P 21/06 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention discloses novel promoter sequences capable of expressing genes in plant cells. The promoters include engineered versions of the maize ubiquitin promoter to increase expression levels beyond those observed with the native ubiquitin promoter and alter the tissue preference. Expression constructs, vectors, transgenic plants and methods are also disclosed.