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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:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
John H. Fitchen, La Jolla, CA (US);
Roger N. Beachy, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/563 ; A01H 5/00 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/563 ; A01H 5/00 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
The invention describes compositions and methods of use in which an infectious modified Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) virion comprising a coat protein (CP) or a movement protein (MP) gene is replaced with a nuclear inclusion protease (NIa) expression cassette for the expression of a heterologous peptide in a tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) host plant.