Nucleic acid sequences encoding cell wall-degrading enzymes and use to engineer resistance to Fusarium and other pathogens
US6521435B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Y302/01052
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences derived from Fusarium fungal genes which encode the cell wall-degrading enzymes glucanase, endochitinase, and exochitinase; isolated polypeptides having glucanase, endochitinase or exochitinase activity; recombinant nucleic acid molecules, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides, including expression in plant cells to confer or enhance a plant's resistance to Fusarium and other pathogens.
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