Organ-specific plant promoter sequences

A recombinant DNA molecule containing a GS3A glutamine synthetase promoter element which is a pea GS3A promoter element or a portion of said GS3A promoter element, that confers vasculature-specific expression in the leaf, stem and root of a mature plant to an operably associated coding sequence wherein said element is operably joined to sequences not naturally associated with said element.

A recombinant gene construct comprising a GS3A glutamine synthetase promoter element operably associated with a nucleotide sequence which encodes a heterologous gene product, wherein said element is a pea GS3A promoter element or a portion of the pea GS3A promoter element, that confers vasculature-specific expression in the leaf, stem and root of a mature plant to the operably associated coding sequence and wherein said element is operably joined to sequences not naturally associated with said element.

A transgenic plant containing a transgene controlled by a GS3A glutamine synthetase promoter element which is a pea GS3A promoter element or a portion of the pea GS3A promoter element, that confers vasculature-specific expression in the leaf, stem and root of a mature plant to said transgene wherein said element is operably joined to sequences not naturally associated with said element.

A substantially pure GS3B glutamine synthetase promoter element which is a pea GS3B promoter element or a portion of the pea GS3B promoter element, that confers vasculature-specific expression in the leaf stem and root of a mature plant to an operably associated coding sequence wherein said element is operably joined to sequences not naturally associated with said element.

A recombinant DNA molecule containing a GS3B glutamine synthetase promoter element which, wherein GSPE is a pea GS3B promoter element or a portion of the pea GS3B promoter element, that confers vasculature-specific expression in the leaf, stem and root of a mature plant to an operably associated coding sequence wherein said element is operably joined to sequences not naturally associated with said element.

A recombinant gene construct comprising a GS3B glutamine synthetase promoter element operably associated with a nucleotide sequence which encodes a heterologous gene product, wherein said element is a pea GS3B promoter element or a portion of the pea GS3B promoter element, that confers vasculature-specific expression in the leaf, stem and root of a mature plant to the operably associated coding sequence and wherein said element is operably joined to sequences not naturally associated with said element.

A transgenic plant containing a transgene controlled by a GS3B glutamine synthetase promoter element (GSPE), wherein GSPE is a pea GS3B promoter element or a portion of the pea GS3B promoter element, that confers vasculature-specific expression in the leaf, stem and root of a mature plant to said transgene wherein said element is operably joined to sequences not naturally associated with said element.