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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2003
John W Rice, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Lining Guo, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Keith Davis, Durham, NC (US);
Adel Zayed, Durham, NC (US);
Robert Ascenzi, Cary, NC (US);
Joseph Cameron Mitchell, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Daniel N Riggsbee, Raleigh, NC (US);
Douglas Boyes, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Rao Mulpuri, Apex, NC (US);
Neil Hoffman, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Susanne Kjemtrup, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Carol Hamilton, Apex, NC (US);
Jeffrey Woessner, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Jorn Gorlach, Manchester, NJ (US);
Paradigm Genetics, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
The present inventors have discovered that serine acetyltransferase (SAT) is essential for plant growth. Specifically, the inhibition of SAT gene expression in plant seedlings results in reduced growth and altered pigmentation. Thus, SAT is useful as a target for the identification of herbicides. Accordingly, the present invention provides methods for the identification of herbicides by measuring the activity of an SAT in the presence and absence of a compound, wherein an alteration of SAT activity in the presence of the compound indicates the compound as a candidate for a herbicide.