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Pathogen-resistant plants transformed with a DNA encoding sarcotoxin 1A linked to a signal peptide and a method for production thereof

US6750381B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 26, 1997
Grant dateJun 15, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K2319/00
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention is drawn to a method of conferring resistance to pathogenic fungi on a plant by transformation with a nucleic acid encoding Sarcotoxin 1a operatively linked to a signal peptide, and optionally linked via the hinge region of tobacco chitinase to a plant peptide, and plants thereby obtained.

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