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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J. Gordon-Kamm, Urbandale, IA (US);
Keith S. Lowe, Johnston, IA (US);
Ramgopal Nadimpalli, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Carl R. Simmons, Des Moines, IA (US);
Assignee:
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ; C07H 2/102 ; C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ; C07H 2/102 ; C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
Compositions and methods for modulating cell cycle and cell proliferation are provided. Additionally the compositions find use in enhancing disease resistance and increasing transformation efficiency in plants. The method involves transforming a plant with a sense or antisense prohibitin sequence. The prohibitin sequence acts to regulate cell division in the plant cell. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided having enhanced disease resistance.