| abstract |
The disclosure relates to gene expression regulatory sequences from maize, specifically to the promoter of a maize U6 polymerase III gene and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, mutated plants, transgenic plants and seeds containing the recombinant construct with the promoter, and methods for preparing and using the same. |