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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:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Keith Bestwick, Portland, OR (US);
Adolph J Ferro, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Assignee:
Epitope, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H / ; A01H / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800205 ; 800D / ; 800D / ; 435 691 ; 4351723 ; 4353201 ; 435419 ; 536 231 ; 536 241 ; 536 236 ; 536 237 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to chimeric genes having (i) a DNA sequence encoding a product that is effective to reduce ethylene biosynthesis in fruit from the plant, and (ii) a promoter whose expression is induced during fruit ripening or by ethylene synthesis by the fruit, where the DNA sequence is heterologous to the promoter and the DNA sequence is operably linked to the promoter to enable expression of the product. The invention describes vectors and transgenic plants, vegetables, flowers and fruits carrying the chimeric gene, as well as methods related thereto.