Antimicrobial peptides and plant disease resistance based thereon
US5905187A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K14/415
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
CMIII, a small, basic maize seed peptide has been found to have antimicrobial properties. In a preferred embodiment, plant resistance to diseases caused by plant pathogens which are susceptible to CMIII is produced by inserting into the cells of a plant a gene whose expression causes production CMIII in antimicrobial amounts.
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