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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:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven P. Briggs, Des Moines, IA (US);
Gurmukh S. Johal, Columbia, MO (US);
John Gray, Cork City, IE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/02 ; C07K 1/4415 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/02 ; C07K 1/4415 ;
Abstract
The present invention is drawn to methods and compositions for suppressing cell death in plants. Specifically, novel proteins and genes are provided for use in plant transformation. The proteins and genes are useful for activating disease resistance, enhancing plant cell transformation efficiency, engineering herbicide resistance, genetically targeting cell ablations, and other methods involving the regulation of cell death in plants.