DNA sequences which lead to the formation of levans plasmids containing these sequences as well as a process for preparing transgenic plants

US5792923A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst Schering Agrevo GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Manuela Rober · Berlin, DE
• Gebhard Geier · Dossenheim, DE
• Klaus Geider · Sandhausen, DE
• Lothar Willmitzer · Kleinmachnow, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 1995
• Grant date: Aug 11, 1998
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8246
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

There are described DNA sequences, which lead to the formation of levans, plasmids containing these DNA sequences, as well as a process using these plasmids for preparing transgenic plants with levan accumulation.