MsENOD40 PROMOTER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE

摘要

Disclosed are compositions comprising MsENOD promoters and methods of use in the preparation of transformed host cells, and transgenic plant and animal cells. Also disclosed are methods for expressing nucleic acid segments (such as heterologous genes, antisense constructs, and ribozymes) in an inducible, and/or tissue-specific manner in a transformed host cell. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of introducing and controlling the expression of transgenic DNA segments in plants and animals, and in particular, methods for increasing desirable characteristics in a plant cell, such as increased herbicide resistance, increased insect resistance, increased fungal resistance, and the like, and methods for introducing genes of interest under the control of an inducible promoter for use in gene therapies.