Leaf-specific gene expression in transgenetic plants

US6229067A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Uwe Sonnewald · Berlin, DE
• Marcus Ebneth · Quedlinburg, DE
• Ralf-Michael Schmidt · Edenkoben, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 14, 1999
• Grant date: May 8, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8234
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to promoters which cause, in plants, permanent leaf-specific expression of an encoding nucleotide sequence under the control of said promoters, for example a sequence which imparts resistance or an increase in the photosynthetic performance.