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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masao Arai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Shoichi Suzuki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Nobuhiko Murai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Shigehiro Yamada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Shozo Ohta, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
James N. Burnell, Qeensland, AU;
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/554 ; C12N 9/12 ; A01H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/554 ; C12N 9/12 ; A01H 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates a method for transforming a rice plant to provide it with a C4 photosynthetic pathway by way of the introduction of some genes participating in a C4 photosynthetic pathway. To this end, the method of the invention comprises introducing a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and a gene coding for a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK) which has been connected with a DNA fragment coding for a transit peptide into a rice plant.