The present invention relates to the isolation and characterization of a constitutive
-tubulin promoter from a coffee plant. The isolated promoter of the present
invention is capable of inducing the expression of a protein encoded by a DNA molecule
that is operably linked to the promoter in a DNA construct. The present invention
also relates to DNA constructs expression systems, host cells, and transgenic plants
and plant seeds containing the promoter of the invention. The present invention
also relates to a method of making a transgenic plant and a method of directing
protein expression in plants that involve transforming a plant cell with a DNA
construct containing the promoter of the invention.
