Aspartate carbamyltransferase as herbicidal target

US7300767B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Thomas Ehrhardt · Speyer, DE
• Jens Lerchl · Ladenburg, DE
• Marc Stitt Nigel · Potsdam, DE
• Rita Zrenner · Ladenburg, DE
• Tina Maria Ritter · Dilsberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2500/10
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of DNA sequences of plant origin encoding a polypeptide with aspartate carbamyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.3.2) activity for generating an assay system for finding aspartate carbamyltransferase inhibitors. For the first time, it was shown, with the aid of antisense technology, that aspartate carbamyltransferase constitutes a herbicidal target.