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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Linda A. Castle, Mountain View, CA (US);

Dan Siehl, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Lorraine Giver, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jeremy Minshull, Los Altos, CA (US);

Cristina Ivy, Encinitas, CA (US);

Yong Hong Chen, Foster City, CA (US);

Phillip A. Patten, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Rebecca Gorton, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nicholas B. Duck, Apex, NC (US);

Inventors:

Linda A. Castle, Mountain View, CA (US);

Dan Siehl, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Lorraine Giver, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jeremy Minshull, Los Altos, CA (US);

Cristina Ivy, Encinitas, CA (US);

Yong Hong Chen, Foster City, CA (US);

Phillip A. Patten, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Rebecca Gorton, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nicholas B. Duck, Apex, NC (US);

Assignees:

Verdia Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA (US);

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/04 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.


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