Melon promoters for expression of transgenes in plants
AssigneeExelixis Plant Sciences, Inc.
InventorsStephanie K. Clendennen, Jill A. Kellogg, Chau B. Phan, Helena V. Mathews, Nancy M. Webb
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a melon actin promoter capable of providing expression of heterologous genes, and nucleic acid constructs, vectors, transformation methods, transgenic plant cells, and transgenic plants comprising said promoter.
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An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a promoter, wherein the promoter comprises the nucleic acid sequence presented as SEQ ID NO:4.
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a promoter, wherein the promoter consists of a portion of the nucleic acid sequence presented as SEQ ID NO:4 that, when operably linked to a protein-encoding polynucleotide sequence, directs expression of the protein in a plant cell.
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