Chitinase-producing bacteria and plants
AssigneeDNA Plant Technology Corporation
InventorsTrevor Suslow, Jonathan D. G. Jones
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Abstract
Novel bacteria strains and plants are described which produce and secrete chitinase and other proteins as the result of the introduction of foreign DNA linked to a sequence encoding chitinase, an enzyme capable of degrading chitin present in fungi and nematodes. The bacterial strains have ut This invention was made with Government support under Grant No. 1S1-8560311 awarded by the National Science Foundation. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
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A method of inhibiting chitinous fungal plant pathogens comprising introducing into a plant a DNA sequence encoding for chitinase activity to create a transformed plant under conditions whereby the transformed plant expresses chitinase in active form.
A transformed plant resistant to chitinous fungal plant pathogens, said transformed plant containing a DNA sequence encoding for chitinase activity and said DNA sequence having been introduced into the plant by transformation under conditions whereby the transformed plant expresses chitinase in active form.
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