Modified tomato mottle geminivirus coat protein gene
CA 2261561 A1 · Owner: University Of Florida · Inventors: Abouzid, Ahmed; Polston, Jane E.; Hiebert, Ernest
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The subject invention pertains to modified plant virus genes which confer resistance on plants against geminivirus infection. A modified AV1 gene of tomato mottle geminivirus, was subcloned into an appropriate expression vector and transformed into tobacco plants. Expression of the modified gene conferred resistance against viral infection to the plant in which it was expressed. The present invention further concerns a method for conferring viral resistance on a plant. The invention also concerns modified coat protein genes and , fragments thereof, which confer viral resistance on a plant.
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- Filed July 25, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 25, 2017.
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