Chimeric gene for the transformation of plants

USRE37287E · kind E · reissue

Assignee

• Aventis CropScience S.A. · FR

Inventors

• Michel Lebrun · Val-de-Reuil, FR
• Bernard Leroux · Raleigh, US
• Alain Sailland · Val-de-Reuil, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 1998
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2001
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2018

Classification

• 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 polyandenylation 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-localized enzyme and then a second transit peptide of a plant gene encoding, a plastid-localized enzyme. Production of glyphosate-tolerant plants is disclosed.