US 12,168,770 B2
Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof
Stanislaw Flasinski, Ballwin, MO (US); Barrett C. Foat, St. Louis, MO (US); Mohammed Oufattole, Wildwood, MO (US); Randall W. Shultz, St. Louis, MO (US); Xiaoping Wei, St. Louis, MO (US); Wei Wu, Chesterfield, MO (US); and Shiaw-Pyng Yang, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/488,189.
Application 17/488,189 is a division of application No. 16/722,287, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,180,768.
Application 16/722,287 is a division of application No. 16/549,573, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,046,966, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Application 16/549,573 is a division of application No. 15/802,843, filed on Nov. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,550,401, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Application 15/802,843 is a division of application No. 14/117,342, granted, now 9,845,477, issued on Dec. 19, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2012/037561, filed on May 11, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/485,876, filed on May 13, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0090108 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8216 (2013.01) 19 Claims
 
1. A DNA molecule exhibiting a gene regulatory functional activity comprising a polynucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of:
a) a sequence with at least 95 percent sequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOs: 212, 173, 172, or 35 and having promoter activity;
b) a sequence comprising any of SEQ ID NOs: 212, 173, 172, or 35; and
c) a fragment comprising at least 150 contiguous nucleotides of any of SEQ ID NOs: 212, 173, 172, or 35 exhibiting promoter activity;
wherein said DNA molecule is operably linked to a heterologous transcribable polynucleotide molecule.