Fertile transgenic corn plants
AssigneeDekalb Genetics Corporation
InventorsRonald C. Lundquist, David A. Walters, Julie A. Kirihara
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Abstract
Fertile transgenic Zea mays (corn) plants which stably express recombinant DNA which is heritable are provided wherein said DNA preferably comprises a recombinant gene which encodes a seed storage protein, so that the amino acid profile of the corn is improved.
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A fertile, mature, transgenic Zea mays plant, the genome of which has been altered by the introduction of an isolated, heterologous DNA construct, comprising a potato patatin gene, wherein said DNA construct is expressed so that the transgenic plant exhibits insect resistance that renders it identifiable over the corresponding untransformed Zea mays plant which does not comprise said DNA construct, and wherein the DNA is transmitted through a normal sexual cycle of the transgenic Zea mays plant to progeny.
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