Novel nucleic acids from sesame plants

Abstract

Novel nucleic acids derived from the 5′ untranslated regions of the 2S albumin and 11S globulin genes from sesame are disclosed. These novel nucleic acids can be used to direct expression of coding nucleic acids. Expression constructs can be introduced into a plant cell to generate a transgenic plant cell or to generate a transgenic plant.

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         2 . An isolated nucleic acid having at least 30% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2. 
     
     
         3 . A nucleic acid construct comprising the nucleic acid of  claim 2  operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid. 
     
     
         4 . A transgenic plant cell containing the nucleic acid construct of  claim 3 . 
     
     
         5 . A transgenic plant containing the nucleic acid construct of  claim 3 . 
     
     
         6 . A method of making a transgenic plant cell, comprising:
 introducing the nucleic acid construct of  claim 3  into a plant cell; and   selecting a plant cell that contains said nucleic acid construct.   
     
     
         7 . A method of making a transgenic plant, comprising introducing the nucleic acid construct of  claim 3  into a plant. 
     
     
         8 .- 10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . The isolated nucleic acid of  claim 2 , wherein said nucleic acid has 75% or greater sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2. 
     
     
         12 . The isolated nucleic acid of  claim 11 , wherein said nucleic acid has 95% or greater sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2. 
     
     
         13 . The isolated nucleic acid of  claim 12 , wherein said nucleic acid is SEQ ID NO:2. 
     
     
         14 .- 16 . (canceled) 
     
     
         17 . The isolated nucleic acid of  claim 2 , wherein said isolated nucleic acid is at least 50 nucleotides in length. 
     
     
         18 . The isolated nucleic acid of  claim 2 , wherein said isolated nucleic acid is at least 100 nucleotides in length. 
     
     
         19 . The isolated nucleic acid of  claim 2 , wherein said isolated nucleic acid is at least 500 nucleotides in length. 
     
     
         20 .- 21 . (canceled) 
     
     
         22 . The isolated nucleic acid of  claim 11 , wherein said nucleic acid has 85% or greater sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2. 
     
     
         23 . The isolated nucleic acid of  claim 12 , wherein said nucleic acid has 98% or greater sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2.