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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Fromm, Kensington, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mendel Biotechnology, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800300 ; 435 691 ; 435 697 ; 435 698 ; 435 699 ; 4353201 ; 435468 ; 536 232 ; 536 234 ; 536 236 ; 536 237 ; 536 241 ; 800278 ; 800288 ; 800298 ; 800260 ;
Abstract
Recombinant proteins comprising on or more mitochondrial leader peptide sequences and a domain having herbicidal sulfonamide-insensitive dihydropteroate synthase activity are disclosed. Transformation of plants with nucleic acids that encode this mitochondrially-targeted recombinant protein is also provided. Such transformed plants exhibit resistance to herbicidal sulfonamides, such as asulam, and therefore may be cultivated where such herbicides are being used to control weed growth.