A DNA molecule exhibiting a gene regulatory functional activity comprising apolynucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) a sequencewith at least 85percent sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 22; b) a sequence comprising SEQ IDNO: 22; and c)a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 22 exhibiting gene-regulatory activity; wherein saidDNA molecule isoperably linked to a heterologous transcribable polynucleotide molecule.