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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Applicants:
Malla Padidam, Lansdale, PA (US);
Roger N. Beachy, St. Louis, MO (US);
Claude M. Fauquet, Del Mar, CA (US);
Inventors:
Malla Padidam, Lansdale, PA (US);
Roger N. Beachy, St. Louis, MO (US);
Claude M. Fauquet, Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N015/82 ; C12N015/00 ; A01H001/00 ; C07H021/04 ; C12P021/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention describes methods for producing plant resistance to a ssDNA virus, particularly a geminivirus such as mastrevirus, curtovirus or begomovirus. The method comprises introducing a ssDNA-binding protein of thevirus into the plant, and includes a phage coat protein, particularly, a coliphage gene 5 protein. The invention also describes a transgenic plant comprising a gene that expresses the ssDNA-binding protein and vectors for expressing the protein in plants.