Patent application filed by Japan Tobacco Inc.
The European application filed by Japan Tobacco discloses methods for co-transforming plants with two T-DNAs. One of the T-DNAs has a gene conferring drug-resistance and the other has a gene of interest and is part of a hybrid plasmid. The hybrid plasmid is constructed by homologous recombination of an acceptor and an intermediate plasmid.
Specific Patent Information
Patent Number | Title, Independent Claims and Summary of Claims | Assignee | ||
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EP 687730 A1
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Title – Method of transforming plant and vector therefor
The claims of the application EP 687 730 A1 recite the transformation of a plant with two different T-DNAs via Agrobacterium. The first T-DNA contains a gene conferring drug resistance to the plant and the second one contains a DNA fragment of interest. In the method claim (claim 1), the second T-DNA is part of a hybrid vector formed by homologous recombination between an acceptor vector and an intermediate vector. A hybrid vector (claim 16) harboring the first T-DNA as described and a second T-DNA with a cloning site is also formed by homologous recombination of the vectors mentioned above. Elements of the acceptor vector and the intermediate vector are also recited in the claims. |
Japan Tobacco Inc. |
Note: Patent information on this page was last updated on 2 March 2006.