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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Dilip Maganlal Shah, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Anita Kay Snyder, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Dilip Maganlal Shah, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Anita Kay Snyder, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
DNA constructions that provide for production of potent antifungal proteins in transgenic plants and transformed yeast cells are described. Methods of using the DNA constructs to produce transgenic plants that inhibit growth of plant pathogenic fungi are also disclosed. The use of transformed yeast cells containing the DNA constructs to produce the antifungal proteins and methods of isolating the antifungal proteins are also described.