Chemically-inducible promotors for the expression of proteins in plants

摘要

The present invention relates to nucleic acids containing selectively inducible regulatory sequences, particularly promoters, for a controlled expression of desired expression products in suitable host expression organisms such as transgenic plants. Further, the present invention relates to a method for detecting the activity of a regulatory sequence in suitable cells, wherein a transgene comprises a potential regulatory sequence operably linked to the Bax gene or a functional derivative thereof and the Bax expression correlates with the activity of the regulatory sequence in said cells.