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Chimeric gene for the transformation of plants

USRE36449E · kind E · reissue

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Filing dateFeb 17, 1998
Grant dateDec 14, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC —)General

Abstract

Chimeric gene for conferring to plants an increased tolerance to a herbicide having as its target EPSPS comprises, in the direction of transcription, a promoter region, a transit peptide region, a coding sequence for glyphosate tolerance and a polyadenylation signal region, wherein the transit peptide region comprises, in the direction of translation, at least one transit peptide of a plant gene encoding a plastid-localised enzyme, a partial sequence of the N-terminal mature part of a plant gene encoding a plastid-localised enzyme and then a second transit peptide of a plant gene encoding a plastid-localised enzyme. Production of glyphosate-tolerant plants is disclosed.

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