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AHAS small subunit promoter

US7498429B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Genichi Kakefuda · Yardley, US
Colleen Costello · Lawrenceville, US
Ming Sun · Groveville, US
Weiming Hu · Nanjing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 2008
Grant date	Mar 3, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N9/88
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A promoter sequence and plant expression vectors encoding for an eukaryotic AHAS small subunit protein are disclosed. The DNA sequences and vectors are used to transform plants to produce transgenic plants which possess elevated levels of tolerance or resistance to herbicides, such as imidazolinones.

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