Pathogen resistance in plants using CDNA-N/intron constructs

US6372962B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• The Regents of the University of California · US
• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Barbara Baker · Richmond, US
• S. P. Dinesh-Kumar · New Haven, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2002
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/415
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Constructs comprising (1) a cDNA molecule corresponding to the tobacco N gene and (2) at least a portion of the third intron of the N gene are disclosed. Such constructs are useful for producing TMV resistance in plants.