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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:
Mar. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Andrew Patton, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Novartis Finance Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800205 ; 435 691 ; 4351723 ; 435419 ; 536 232 ; 536 236 ; 536 237 ;
Abstract
The present invention reveals that biotin biosynthesis in a plant is enhanced when the level of one or more of the enzymes in the plant biotin biosynthetic pathway is increased. Based upon this revelation methods which increase the level of one or more biotin biosynthetic enzymes in plant tissue are provided as a means for achieving enhanced levels of biotin in plant tissue. In particular, a method for enhancing biotin levels by introducing a chimeric gene capable of expressing a biotin biosynthetic enzyme into plant tissue is provided. Resulting transgenic plant tissue, including whole plants, having enhanced levels of biotin is also provided.