780 T-DNA gene transcription activator
US5196329A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/67
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A DNA sequence element, which activates or enhances expression of genes in plants has been identified and characterized. In particular, DNA segments isolated from the upstream region of the T-DNA 780 gene are capable of activating or increasing transcription levels of plant-expressible genes in recombinant DNA-containing plant tissue. The 780 gene transcription activator is useful in general for increasing the level of expression of a gene in a plant. In particular, such activators are useful in the construction of plant-expression complexes which contain a plant-expressible gene placed under the regulatory control of the activator. Such expression complexes can be introduced into plant tissue where the inserted gene is expressed.
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