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Particle-mediated transformation of perennial fruit plants capable of adventitious budding on micropropagated tissue

US5240839A · kind A · utility

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Inventors

Rodney Arthur Serres · Madison, US
Brent H. McCown · Madison, US
Dennis E. McCabe · Middleton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 5, 1990
Grant date	Aug 31, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N15/8207
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Cranberry has been genetically engineered using a particle mediated transformation procedure. The tissues transformed were nodes from which adventitious buds were induced. A flooding technique using the antibiotic kanamycin was used to select for transformants while limiting escapes. A gene for the toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis was introduced into the transgenic cranberry to confer insect toxicity.

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