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Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase gene from arabidopsis and method of screening for inhibitors thereof

US6118050A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 25, 1997
Grant dateSep 12, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N15/8274
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides purified isolated nucleic acids encoding arabidopsis 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD), plasmids encoding HPPD, and transformed cells capable of expressing HPPD. The invention also provides methods for identifying HPPD inhibitors.

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