Phosphinothricin-resistance gene, and its use
AssigneeHoechst Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsEckhard Strauch, Walter Arnold, Renate Alijah, Wolfgang Wohlleben, Alfred Puhler, Peter Eckes, Gunter Donn, Eugen Uhlmann, Friedrich Hein, Friedrich Wengenmayer
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Abstract
The phosphinothricin (PTC)-resistance gene isolated from the genome of Streptomyces viridochromogenes DSM 40736 is, after adaptation to the codon usage in plants, synthesized and incorporated into gene structures which make plants resistant to PTC after expression therein.
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An isolated resistance gene coding for the protein of amino acid sequence III, which gene is adapted to codon usage in plants so that it is expressed in plant cells at a level sufficient to confer resistance to phosphinothricin in said plant cells.
A gene structure having DNA sequence III operatively linked to regulation and expression signals active in plants so that it is expressed in plant cells at a level sufficient to confer resistance to phosphinothricin in said plant cells.
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