Patent ID: 8309324

Claim:
A nucleic acid construct comprising: an isolated nucleic acid promoter suitable for directing expression of a protein or polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid molecule operably associated with the nucleic acid promoter, wherein the nucleic acid promoter has a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:; a first nucleic acid molecule, the first nucleic acid molecule encoding the protein or polypeptide; a first regulatory region; a second nucleic acid molecule, the second nucleic acid molecule encoding a repressor protein; a second regulatory region; and a third regulatory region; wherein the isolated nucleic acid promoter, the first nucleic acid molecule, and the first regulatory region are operably linked together to allow expression of the protein or polypeptide; wherein the second nucleic acid molecule, the second regulatory region, and the third regulatory region are operably linked together to allow expression of the repressor protein; and wherein the second and third regulatory regions are the same regulatory regions linked to the first nucleic acid molecule.