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
2006-04-18
2006-04-18
Kubelik, Anne (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
Reexamination Certificate
active
07030294
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides novel stress tolerant transgenic plants which express trehalose 6-phosphate synthase and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase in their plastids.
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Goff Stephen Arthur
Heifetz Peter Bernard
Lebel Edouard Guillaume
Kakefuda Mary
Kubelik Anne
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