This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription and translation of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a 3’UTR from Oryza sativa Ubiquitin-3 gene. Some embodiments relate to a 3’ UTR from an Oryza sativa Ubiquitin-3 gene that functions in plants to terminate transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.本發明係有關採用一種來自水稻泛素-3基因的3 UTR以促進核苷酸序列在植物或植物細胞中轉錄之組合物及方法。一些實施例係有關一種來自水稻泛素-3基因的3 UTR在植物中具有終止以可操作地連接的核苷酸序列轉錄作用的功能。