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Dicarboxylic acid transport genes

CA 1306708 C · Owner: National Development Corporation Limited (The) · Inventors: O'Gara, Fergal

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The invention relates to DNA fragments encoding genes which complement dicarboxylic acid transport mutants of Rhizobium species to plasmids encoding such DNA sequences and to bacterial hosts carrying the said plasmids. The invention further relates to a method of increasing dicarboxylic acid transport in Rhizobium species and to a method of increasing the nitrogen fixing ability of plants by infecting or inoculating the plants with bacterial hosts containing the above described DNA fragments.

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  • Granted August 25, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 25, 2009.
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FiledJuly 27, 1987
GrantedAugust 25, 1992
Term endedAugust 25, 2009
Patent numberCA 1306708 C
Classification (IPC)C12N15/31 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedJuly 27, 1987Patent grantedAug 25, 1992Term endedAug 25, 2009

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