US 12,351,809 B2
Tissue-specific promoters in plants
Chengalrayan Kudithipudi, Midlothian, VA (US); Yanxin Shen, Henrico, VA (US); Dongmei Xu, Glen Allen, VA (US); Michael Paul Timko, Charlottesville, VA (US); and Roel Rabara, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US); and University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Filed by ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US); and UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,849.
Application 18/449,849 is a continuation of application No. 17/591,188, filed on Feb. 2, 2022, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,262, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,263, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,259, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0018536 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01); C12P 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8262 (2013.01) [C12N 15/8223 (2013.01); C12N 15/8243 (2013.01); C07K 14/415 (2013.01); C12N 2800/22 (2013.01); C12P 5/007 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modified plant having glandular trichomes, a modified seed giving rise to a plant having glandular trichomes, or a modified plant part comprising glandular trichomes, wherein the modified plant, modified seed, or modified plant part comprises a recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a promoter operably linked to a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide, wherein the promoter comprises a nucleic acid sequence at least 95% identical to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 46 and 47.