Patent ID: 8710297

Claim:
An isolated promoter, comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, (b) the nucleotide sequence containing the deletion at positions 1 to 457 and 851-961 of SEQ ID NO:1, (c) the nucleotide sequence containing the deletion at positions 1 to 457, 613 to 674 and 851-961 of SEQ ID NO:1, (d) the nucleotide sequence containing deletion at positions 1 to 747 of SEQ ID NO:1, (e) the nucleotide sequence at positions 748 to 791 of SEQ ID NO:1, and (f) the nucleotide sequence at positions 851 to 961 of SEQ ID NO:1; wherein said promoter is linked to a heterologous nucleotide sequence.