Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide confers pathogen or pest resistance
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-18
2005-10-18
Ibrahim, Medina A. (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide confers pathogen or pest resistance
C800S278000, C800S320000, C800S317000, C800S298000, C800S295000, C435S419000, C435S468000, C435S320100
Reexamination Certificate
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06956147
ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses genetically modified plants, such as potato plants. The plants are more resistant to a pathogen of interest following transformation of plant cells with a chimeric gene comprising a chitinase gene and β-1,3-glucanase gene. The invention also provides a method of enhancing the resistance of plants to pathogens by introducing a Brassica chitinase gene encoding two or more chitin-binding domains and β-1,3-glucanase gene and expressing the chitinase gene and β-1,3-glucanase gene.
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Chye Mee Len
Zhao Kai-Jun
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP.
Ibrahim Medina A.
The University of Hong Kong
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