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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. 19, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eija Pehu, Helsinki, FI;
Tuula Pehu, College Station, TX (US);
Tuula Maki-Valkama, Helsinki, FI;
Jari Valkonen, Helsinki, FI;
Kimmo Koivu, Helsinki, FI;
Kirsi Lehto, Kaarina, FI;
Assignee:
Helsinki University Licensing Ltd. Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; A01H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435418 ; 435419 ; 435425 ; 435429 ; 800279 ; 800280 ; 800286 ; 800287 ; 800288 ; 8001 / ; 8001 / ; 536 232 ; 536 2372 ; 536 241 ;
Abstract
Provided are transgenic plants with resistance to viral infection polynucleotides and methods for conferring such resistance, and methods for producing the transgenic plants. Plants transformed with a nucleotide sequence encoding a P1 protein of potato virus Y result in plants having increased resistance to infection by potato virus Y.