DNA encoding antimicrobial proteins from impatiens
AssigneeZeneca Limited
InventorsSheila Attenborough, Willem Frans Broekaert, Rupert William Osborn, John Anthony Ray, Sarah Bronwen Rees, Ravindra Haribhai Tailor
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Abstract
Antimicrobial proteins are isolated from seeds of Impatiens, and show a wide range of antifungal activity and some antibacterial activity. DNA encoding the proteins is isolated and incorporated into vectors. Plants transformed with this DNA are produced. The invention further provides a method of expressing polyproteins in transgenic plants using DNA constructs based on the structure of the gene encoding the Impatiens antimicrobial proteins.
Claims6
A recombinant DNA encoding an antimicrobial protein having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
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- 11, SEQ ID NO:
- 12 and SEQ ID NO:
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