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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:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan P Duvick, Polk County, IA (US);
Tracy A Rood, Polk County, IA (US);
Aragula G Rao, Polk County, IA (US);
Assignee:
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800205 ; 530300 ;
Abstract
CMIII, a small, basic maize seed peptide has been found to have antimicrobial properties. In a preferred embodiment, plant resistance to diseases caused by plant pathogens which are susceptible to CMIII is produced by inserting into the cells of a plant a gene whose expression causes production CMIII in antimicrobial amounts.