Patent ID: 7763774

Claim:
A promoter, comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a nucleotide sequence complementary to the full length of the nucleotide sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1; (c) a nucleotide sequence having transcriptional promoter activity, which hybridizes under stringent hybridizing conditions with the nucleotide sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1; and (d) a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes under stringent hybridizing conditions with the nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein said sequence that hybridizes has transcriptional promoter activity, and wherein the stringent hybridizing conditions are either: (1) hybridizing in 4×SSC at 65° C. and subsequent multiple washing in 0.1×SSC at 65° C. for a total of approximately 1 hour; or (2) hybridizing at 68° C. in 0.25 M sodium phosphate, pH 7.2, 7% SDS, 1 mM EDTA and 1% BSA for 16 hours and subsequent washing twice with 2×SSC and 0.1% SDS at 68° C.