TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL ELEMENT, CHIMERIC CONSTRUCTS AND USES THEREFOR

摘要

Disclosed is a constitutive promoter for expression of endogenous coding sequences in plants, including dicotyledonous and monocotylednous plants. Also disclosed is a chimeric construct, and transformed plant cells, plants and plant parts. The promoter is from the Taro bacilliform virus (TaBV), a badnavirus.. Methods for the diagnosis and treatment of viral infections, especially badnaviral infections are also disclosed. The genome of an isolate of TaBV and its encoded proteins is also disclosed.