Modular promoter construct

US5859331A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Christoph Maas · Cologne, DE
• Jeff Schell · Cologne, DE
• Hans-Henning Steinbiss · Much, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 1995
• Grant date: Jan 12, 1999
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/415
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A modular promoter construct is described which possesses a promoter which is active in plant cells and a DNA sequence from exon 1 of the rice actin 1 gene. This modular promoter construct gives rise, where appropriate together with additional regulatory DNA sequences, to a substantial increase in gene expression in plant cells.