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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Christopher John Robert Thomas, Cambridge, GB;
Michael John Mcpherson, Leeds, GB;
Howard John Atkinson, Leeds, GB;
Anil Neelam, Beltsville, MD (US);
Christopher John Robert Thomas, Cambridge, GB;
Michael John McPherson, Leeds, GB;
Howard John Atkinson, Leeds, GB;
Anil Neelam, Beltsville, MD (US);
Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
This invention seeks to provide means by which transgenic plants harbour within their genome a chimaeric gene which when expressed produces a protein having a cytotoxic effect. Cytotoxicity is achieved by way of a protein or part thereof capable of blocking cellular protein synthesis, such as a maize ribosome inactivating protein or part thereof. The chimaeric gene may comprise a promoter operably linked to a sequence encoding a protein capable of blocking cellular protein synthesis such that the promoter is inducible at and/or adjacent to a target site.