Claims
- 1. A plant cell containing a chimeric gene, the chimeric gene encoding a transit peptide region comprising, in the direction of translation, at least one transit peptide of a plastid-localized enzyme, a partial sequence of an N-terminal mature part of a plastid-localized enzyme, and a second transit peptide of a plastid-localized enzyme.
- 2. The plant cell of claim 1, wherein the transit peptides and partial mature sequence are from sunflower or maize.
- 3. The plant cell of claim 2, wherein the chimeric gene further comprises a promoter region comprising at least one fragment of an Arabidopsis H3 or H4 histone gene promoter.
- 4. A plant which contains in its genome a chimeric gene encoding a transit peptide region comprising, in the direction of translation, at least one transit peptide of a plant gene which encodes a plastid-localized enzyme, a partial sequence of an N-terminal mature part of the plastid-localized enzyme, and a second transit peptide of a plastid-localized enzyme.
- 5. The plant of claim 4, wherein the chimeric gene further comprises a promoter region comprising at least one fragment of an Arabidopsis H3 or H4 histone gene promoter.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/475,189, filed Jun. 7, 1995. Now U.S. Pat. No. 5,792,930 which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/239,947, filed on May 9, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,491,288, which is a file wrapper continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 07/847,597, filed May 5, 1992, now abandoned.
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