Chimeric gene comprising the arabidopsis histone H4 promoter for the transformation of plants
US5491288A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8274
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a chimeric gene for conferring to plants an increased tolerance to a herbicide. This chimeric gene comprises, in the direction of transcription, a promoter region, a transit peptide region, a sequence encoding glyphosate tolerance and a polyadenylation signal region, wherein the promoter region consists of at least one promoter of a plant histone gene enabling the expression of the herbicide tolerance protein in the regions of glyphosate accumulation. The present invention further provides vectors containing the present chimeric genes, as well as plant cells and plants transformed with such vectors which permit production of glyphosate-tolerant plants.
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