Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof

US11739340B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ceres, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Zhihong Cook · Aliso Viejo, US
• Yiwen Fang · Los Angeles, US
• Kenneth A. Feldmann · Tucson, US
• Edward Kiegle · Chester, US
• Shing Kwok · Calabasas, US
• Yu-Ping Lu · Oak Park, US
• Leonard Medrano · Azusa, US
• Roger Pennell · Malibu, US
• Richard Schneeberger · Carlsbad, US
• Chuan-Yin Wu · Newbury Park, US
• Nestor Apuya · Culver City, US
• Jack Okamuro · Oak Park, US
• Diane Jofuku · Arlington, US
• Jonathan Donson · Oak Park, US
• David Van-Dinh Dang · San Diego, US
• Emilio Margolles-Clark · Miami, US
• Nickolai Alexandrov · Thousand Oaks, US
• Tatiana Tatarinova · Los Angeles, US
• Noah Theiss · Tucson, US
• Danielle Grizard · Moorpark, US
• Shawna Davis · Kalaheo, US
• Dennis Robles · Calabasas, US
• Michael Portereiko · Thousand Oaks, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8237
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.