Use of male sterility to prevent transgene spread in plants
US7112719B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 26, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A40/146
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for preventing the spread via pollen of a transgene encoding dog gastric lipase or collagen from transgenic plants comprising said transgene. In this method plants are transformed with a construct comprising the transgene genetically linked to a second construct conferring male sterility on the plant. Plants produced by the method are male sterile, and thus cannot spread the transgene via their pollen.
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