Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide contains a tissue – organ – or cell...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-16
2007-10-16
Collins, Cynthia (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide contains a tissue, organ, or cell...
C800S298000, C435S320100, C435S419000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09978273
ABSTRACT:
This invention seeks to provide means by which transgenic plants harbour within their genome a chimaeric gene which when expressed produces a protein having a cytotoxic effect. Cytotoxicity is achieved by way of a protein or part thereof capable of blocking cellular protein synthesis, such as a maize ribosome inactivating protein or part thereof. The chimaeric gene may comprise a promoter operably linked to a sequence encoding a protein capable of blocking cellular protein synthesis such that the promoter is inducible at and/or adjacent to a target site.
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Atkinson Howard John
McPherson Michael John
Neelam Anil
Thomas Christopher John Robert
Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited
Collins Cynthia
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
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