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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:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard DeRose, Lyons, FR;
Georges Freyssinet, Saint Cry au Mont d'Or, FR;
Jules Hoffman, Strasbourg, FR;
Assignee:
Aventis Cropscience S.A., Lyon Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 ; A01H 5/10 ; C12N 5/14 ; C12N 1/512 ; C12N 1/582 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 ; A01H 5/10 ; C12N 5/14 ; C12N 1/512 ; C12N 1/582 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a chimeric gene containing a DNA sequence coding for drosomycin, a vector containing the chimeric gene, a method for transforming plants and the resulting transformed plants. The drosomycin produced by the plants provides them with resistance to diseases, in particular of fungal origin.