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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1997
Luis Herrera-Estrella, Ghent, BE;
Guidi Van Den Broeck, Ghent, BE;
Marc Van Montagu, Brussels, BE;
Peter Schreier, Cologne, DE;
Josef Schell, Cologne, DE;
Hans J Bohnert, Tucson, AZ (US);
Anthony R Cashomore, Woodside, NY (US);
Michael P Timko, New York, NY (US);
Albert P Kausch, Durham, NH (US);
Plant Genetic Systems, Gent, BE;
Bayer AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
Chimaeric DNA sequence which encodes: 1) a transmit peptide of a cytoplasmic precursor of a chloroplast protein or polypeptide of a plant and 2) a protein or polypeptide that is heterologous to the transit peptide. The chimaeric DNA sequence can be used as a vector for transforming a plant cell so that a chimaeric precursor of the heterologous protein or polypeptide is produced in the cytoplasm of the cell and the chimaeric precursor then transports the heterologous protein or polypeptide in vivo into a chloroplast of the cell.