Plant retroviral polynucleotides and methods for use thereof
OwnerHoward Mark Lateninventor
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Abstract
Retroviral and retroviral-like polynucleotides, and vectors, proteins, and antibodies derived therefrom, that are useful for the introduction of genetic information into soybeans and other plant species.
Claims33
An isolated, purified polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 2, SEQ ID NO:
- 3, SEQ ID NO:
- 8, SEQ ID NO:
- 50, polynucleotides that hybridize under stringent conditions to any one of the foregoing polynucleotides, and fragments thereof.
An isolated, purified SIRE-i-encoded protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 10, SEQ ID NO:
- 11, SEQ ID NO:
- 52, SEQ ID NO:
- 53, SEQ ID NO:
- 54, and analogs, homologs, and fragments thereof.
A packaging cell comprising a polynucleotide encoding a SIRE-1 protein having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 10, SEQ ID NO:
- 11, SEQ ID NO:
- 52, SEQ ID NO:
- 53, SEQ ID NO:
- 54, and analogs, homologs, and fragments thereof, and wherein said polynucleotide lacks a functional packaging signal sequence.
An isolated, purified antibody that specifically recognizes an epitope on a protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 10, SEQ ID NO:
- 11, SEQ ID NO:
- 52, SEQ ID NO:
- 53, SEQ ID NO:
- 54, and analogs, homologs, and fragments thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.