| CMV | Cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter | ~600bps | Most cell types |
| CBA (aka CB, CAG) | Hybrid CMV/Chicken beta actin promoter | 1720bps | Most cell types |
| smCBA (aka small CBA) | Truncated CBA promoter | 953bps | Most cell types |
| MOPS (aka mOP, mRHO, MOPS500) | Proximal murine rhodopsin promoter | ~500bps | Photoreceptors, primarily rods |
| hOpt181 | Human opsin promoter | 329 bp | Photoreceptors, primarily rods |
| GRK1 (aka hGRK, hRK, RK1) | Human rhodopsin kinase1 promoter | 292bps | Photoreceptor, rods and cones (mouse and primate) |
| IRBP (aka hIRBP241) | Human inter-photoreceptor retinoid binding protein/retinol-binding protein 3 | 241bps | Photoreceptors, rods and cones (mouse and dog) |
| PR2.1 (aka CHOPS2053) | Human red opsin promoter | ~2100bps | L and M cones |
| IRBP/GNAT2 | hIRBP enhancer fused to cone transducin alpha promoter | 524bps | L/M and S cones |
| hSyn | Human synapsin promoter | 463 bp | Neurons |
| Tie2 | Tie2 promoter | 2115 bp | Endothelial cells |
| VMD2 (aka BEST1) | Human vitelliform macular dystrophy/Bestrophin 1 promoter | 625bps | RPE |
| VEcad (aka VEcadherin) | VE-cadherin/Cadherin 5 (CDH5)/CD144 promoter | 2530bps | Vascular endothelial cells |
