Fungus-responsive chimaeric gene

US5750874A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Gunter Strittmatter · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE
• Norbert Martini · Erkrath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 1995
• Grant date: May 12, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 5, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8282
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Fungus-responsive chimaeric genes are used in the production of transgenic plants which can produce plant cells surrounding the fungus infection that become capable of killing, disabling or repelling the fungus or that are themselves killed or rendered unsuitable for the fungus to feed upon, thereby preventing the spread of fungus infection.