Patent · US Expired

Chimeric gene for the transformation of plants

US5510471A · kind A · utility

644Cited by
0References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 1994
Grant dateApr 23, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K2319/08
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Chimeric gene for conferring to plants an increased tolerance to a herbicide having as its target EPSPS comprises, in the direction of transcription, a promoter region, a transit peptide region, a coding sequence for glyphosate tolerance and a polyadenylation signal region, wherein the transit peptide region comprises, in the direction of translation, at least one transit peptide of a plant gene encoding a plastid-localised enzyme, a partial sequence of the N-terminal mature part of a plant gene encoding a plastid-localised enzyme and then a second transit peptide of a plant gene encoding a plastid- localised enzyme. Production of glyphosate-tolerant plants is disclosed.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.