Patent ID: 8519114

Claim:
An expression cassette for regulating constitutive expression in a plant comprising: i) at least one transcription regulating nucleotide sequence of a plant gene; and ii) at least one nucleic acid sequence which is operably linked to and heterologous in relation to said transcription regulating nucleotide sequence; wherein the at least one transcription regulating nucleotide sequence comprises: a) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14; b) a nucleotide sequence having at least 99% identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14, wherein said nucleotide sequence has constitutive expression activity; or c) a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14, wherein the fragment has constitutive expression activity.