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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:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael F Thomashow, East Lansing, MI (US);
Eric J Stockinger, East Lansing, MI (US);
Assignee:
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C07K / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 221 ; 536 236 ; 530350 ; 530370 ; 530379 ; 514-2 ; 514 12 ; 800278 ;
Abstract
A gene, designated as CBF1, encoding a protein, CBF1, which binds to a region regulating expression of genes which promote cold temperature and dehydration tolerance in plants is described. CBF1 is used to transform microorganisms and can be used to transform plants.