Glyphosate-resistant plants
CA 1313830 C · Owner: Horsch, Robert Bruce · Inventors: Rogers, Stephen Gary; Shah, Dilip Maganlal; Fraley, Robert Thomas
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Abstract of the Disclosure, This invention involves a cloning or expression vector comprising a gene which encodes 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) polypeptide which, when expressed in a plant cell contains a chloroplast transit peptide which allows the polypeptide, or an enzymatically active portion thereof, to be transported from the cytoplasm of the plant cell into a chloroplast in the plant cell and, confers a substantial degree of glyphosate resistance upon the plant cell and plants regenerated therefrom. The EPSPS coding sequence may be ligated to a strong promoter, such as the 35S promoter from cauliflower mosaic virus, to create a chimeric gene. Such genes can be …
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- Granted February 23, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 23, 2010.
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