Plants tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides

US8853496B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Fabien Poree · Frankfurt, DE
• Bernd Laber · Idstein, DE
• Nathalie Knittel-Ottleben · Kriftel, DE
• Gudrun Lange · Kelkheim, DE
• Arno Schulz · Hattersheim, DE
• Ruediger Hain · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2010
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/0069
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, abbreviated herein as HPPD) obtained from protists belonging to the family Blepharismidae, as well as the proteins encoded thereby, and to a chimeric gene which comprises such nucleic acid sequence, and to the use of such nucleic acid sequences, proteins or chimeric genes for obtaining plants which are tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides.