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AssigneePioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Habben, Chris Zinselmeier, Dwight Tomes, Shane Abbitt, Timothy Helentjaris, Xiaomu Niu
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This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporally- and/or spatially-regulated expression of genes, particularly in plant seeds and related female reproductive tissue. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions comprise novel nucleotide sequences for a seed-preferred promoter known as eep1. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.
An isolated promoter which drives transcription in a seed-preferred manner, wherein the promoter comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of:
A recombinant expression cassette comprising a promoter and a nucleotide sequence operably linked to said promoter, wherein said promoter comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of:
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