Patent ID: 8802412

Claim:
A nucleic acid construct comprising an isolated polynucleotide having promoter activity operably linked to a heterologous coding sequence encoding a polypeptide, wherein the polynucleotide having promoter activity is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence having promoter activity having at least 95% sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and (b) a polynucleotide having promoter activity that hybridizes with the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or the full-length complement thereof, under stringency conditions defined as hybridization at 42° C. in DIG Easy Hyb buffer and washing twice in 2X SSC at room temperature for 5 minutes and twice in 0.1X SSC at 68° C. for 15 minutes each.