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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. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2001
Applicants:
Mary C. Wildermuth, Cambridge, MA (US);
Frederick M. Ausubel, Newton, MA (US);
Julia Dewdney, Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mary C. Wildermuth, Cambridge, MA (US);
Frederick M. Ausubel, Newton, MA (US);
Julia Dewdney, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods for inducing or increasing disease resistance in a plant. The invention also features methods of using a plant having a mutation in an inducible isochorismate synthase to determine if the success of a pathogen in infecting a plant is affected by a plant disease resistance pathway involving isochorismate synthase.