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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philippe Boudec, Lyons, FR;
Matthew Rodgers, Lyons, FR;
Florence Dumas, Fleurieu sur Saone, FR;
Alain Sailland, Lyons, FR;
Hélène Bourdon, Ecully, FR;
Assignee:
Aventis CropScience S.A., Lyons, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/511 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/583 ; A01H 5/00 ; A01H 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/511 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/583 ; A01H 5/00 ; A01H 5/10 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutated hydroxyphenylpyruvatedioxygenase (HPPD) which exhibits improved tolerance to HPPD inhibitors, to a chimeric gene which comprises this sequence as the coding sequence, and to its use for isolating or obtaining plants which are resistant to certain herbicides.