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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ian Jepson, Maidenhead, GB;
Assignee:
Zeneca Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/510 ; C12N 5/04 ; A01H 5/00 ; A01H 4/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/510 ; C12N 5/04 ; A01H 5/00 ; A01H 4/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to DNA constructs which are capable of conferring on a plant inducible resistance to a herbicide. The inducible effect may be achieved by using a gene switch such as the alcA/alcR switch derived from . The invention relates in particular to inducible resistance to the herbicide N-phosphonomethyl glycine (glyphosate) and its salts.