Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoters isolated from maize and functional equivalents thereto. The promoters of the present invention have particular utility in driving root-specific expression of heterologous genes that impart increased agronomic, horticultural and/or pesticidal characteristics to a given promoters of the invention and transformed plant tissues containing DNA molecules comprising a promoter of the invention operably linked to a heterologous gene or genes, and seeds thereof.

Abstract: This invention describes novel lipoxygenase genes and promoters, transit peptides and proteins derived therefrom. More specifically, this invention describes novel promoters that confer chemically inducible but not wound- or pathogen-inducible expression to an associated nucleotide sequence. The invention further describes peptides capable of targeting and associated protein to plastids and proteins having lipoxygenase activity which can be used to inhibit fungal mycotoxins. The invention also describes recombinant sequences containing such promoter sequences, and/or sequences encoding transit peptides and proteins according to the invention. The said recombinant DNA sequences may be used to create transgenic plants, but especially transgenic plants expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest in response to chemicals but not in response to wounding or pathogens.