Patent ID: 8916377

Claim:
An expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; b) a nucleotide sequence comprising the plant promoter sequence of the plasmid deposited as Patent Deposit No. NRRL B-50462; c) a nucleotide sequence comprising nucleotides 356 to 1710 of SEQ ID NO: 1; d) a nucleotide sequence comprising nucleotides 769 to 1710 of SEQ ID NO:1; and e) a nucleotide sequence comprising nucleotides 1165 to 1710 of SEQ ID NO: 1; wherein said nucleotide sequence initiates transcription in a plant cell, and a heterologous nucleotide sequence of interest operably linked to the nucleic acid molecule.