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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
May. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Bennett, Davis, CA (US);
John M Labavitch, Davis, CA (US);
Ann Powell, Davis, CA (US);
Henrik Stotz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800205 ; 536 236 ; 435 691 ; 4351723 ; 4352404 ; 424 9321 ; 514-2 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding plant polygalacturonase inhibitor proteins (PGIP) which inhibit the activity of fungal polygalacturonases. Transgenic plants expressing a heterologous PGIP show increased resistance to fungi which normally infect the plants.