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 date | Feb 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 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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