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Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis cry proteins in plant plastids

Patent 5545818 Issued on August 13, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 14, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Inventors

Application

No. 209951 filed on 03/14/1994

US Classes:

800/279, The polynucleotide confers pathogen or pest resistance435/69.1, Recombinant DNA technique included in method of making a protein or polypeptide435/418, Plant cell or cell line, per se, is pest or herbicide resistant or pest lethal536/23.71, Bacillus thuringiensis insect toxin800/287, The polynucleotide contains a tissue, organ, or cell specific promoter800/302Insect resistant plant which is transgenic or mutant

Examiners

Primary: Chereskin, Che S.
Assistant: McElwain, Elizabeth F.

Foreign Patent References

  • 0142924 EP. 09/13/1984
  • 0193259 EP. 01/13/1986
  • 0589841 EP. 09/13/1993
  • 9010076 WO. 02/13/1990

International Classes

A01H 001/04
C12N 005/14
C12N 015/00
C07H 017/00

Abstract

Novel compositions and methods useful for genetic engineering of plant cells to provide increased expression in the plastids of a plant or plant cell of the Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal protein.

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