Pathogen- or elicitor-inducible transcription regulatory element from the tobacco 5-EPI-aristolochene synthase gene and plants transformed therewith

A plant or plant cell genetically engineered to contain a chimeric gene comprising, in operable linkage from 5′ to 3′, (i) a pathogen- or elicitor-inducible transcription regulatory element, wherein said pathogen- or elicitor-inducible transcription regulatory element is selected from the group consisting of (1) a pathogen- or elicitor-inducible transcription regulatory element comprising the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2 from the nucleotide 458 to nucleotide 473;

• (2) a pathogen- or elicitor-inducible transcription regulatory element comprising the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2 from nucleotide 406 to nucleotide 473;
• and (3) a pathogen- or elicitor-inducible transcription regulatory element comprising the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2) from nucleotide 371 to nucleotide 473, (ii) a promoter functional in a plant, and (iii) a coding sequence, wherein said promoter and said coding sequence are not naturally associated with said inducible transcription regulatory element, and wherein said coding sequence is expressed under the regulatory control of said inducible transcription regulatory element.