LEAF-PREFERENTIAL PROMOTERS AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to Brassica sequences comprising leaf-preferential promoter activity, such as leaf-specific or leaf- and cotyledon-specific promoter activity. Provided are recombinant genes comprising the leaf-preferential promoter operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid sequence, and cells and plants comprising the recombinant gene. The promoters can be used to alter gene expression specifically in the leaves and to alter a plant trait or to produce a commercially relevant product in a plant.