Transgenic plants and plant cells with enhanced pathogen resistance and related methods
US5629470A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 20, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8283
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Provided by this invention are transgenic higher plants and cells thereof which have been transformed with the bacterio-opsin (bO) gene to provide greater resistance to pathogen attack. Also, provided are bO vectors for forming the transgenic plants and cells thereof. Additionally, a method for enhancing the resistance of higher plants and cells thereof by attack by one or more pathogens is provided.
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