Plant Dehiscence Zone-Specific Promoter and Methods of Using Same

This promoter may have value in the expression of genes intended to control seed pod shatter

A promoter has been isolated from Arabidopsis which upregulates transferred gene expression only in the dehiscence zone on the valve margins, and in no others, when placed upstream of a transgene in a construct of interest. The promoter can also be used to identify and recover orthologues in plant species of interest.

State Of Development

Dehiscence zone-specific expression driven by this promoter has now been demonstrated in one species other than Arabidopsis.

Additional Technologies by these Inventors

• Control Premature Seed-Pod Breakage in Crop Species
• Use of AGLI I Gene to Suppress Seed Pod Shatter in Commercially Important Plants
• Improved Pod Shattering and Controlled Seed Release Properties
• Selective Control of Lignin Biosynthesis in Transgenic Plants
• Transgenic Plants Having Improved Pod Shattering and Controlled Seed Release Properties
• Method for Increasing Fruiting Body Size and Controlling Seed Release in Commercially Important Plants

Tech ID/UC Case

19351/2000-009-0

Related Cases

2000-009-0

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