Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part – per se – Higher plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-14
2006-11-14
Kallis, Russell P. (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part, per se
Higher plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part
C800S278000, C800S285000, C800S306000, C800S312000, C435S419000, C435S320100, C536S023100, C536S023200, C536S023600
Reexamination Certificate
active
07135624
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an oxidosqualene cyclase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the isolated polynucleotides of the invention, in sense or antisense orientation, operably linked to a suitable regulatory sequence.
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Bryan Gregory T.
Maxwell Carl A.
McGonigle Brian
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Kallis Russell P.
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