Regulated expression of heterologous genes in plants and transgenic fruit with a modified ripening phenotype
US5859330A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8249
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to chimeric genes having (i) a DNA sequence encoding a product that is effective to reduce ethylene biosynthesis in fruit from the plant, and (ii) a promoter whose expression is induced during fruit ripening or by ethylene synthesis by the fruit, where the DNA sequence is heterologous to the promoter and the DNA sequence is operably linked to the promoter to enable expression of the product. The invention describes vectors and transgenic plants, vegetables, flowers and fruits carrying the chimeric gene, as well as methods related thereto.
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