Claims
- 1. A plant transformation vector comprising a gene encoding a glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate (EPSP) synthase, said EPSP synthase having the sequence:
- --L--G--N--A--A--T--A--
- between positions 80 and 120 of the mature EPSP synthase sequence.
- 2. A vector of claim 1 comprising a gene encoding a glyphosate-tolerant plant EPSP synthase.
- 3. A vector of claim 1 comprising a gene encoding a glyphosate-tolerant bacterial EPSP synthase.
- 4. A vector of claim 1 comprising a gene encoding a glyphosate-tolerant fungal EPSP synthase.
- 5. A transformed plant cell containing a gene encoding a glyphosate-tolerant plant EPSP synthase enzyme, which enzyme contains the amino acid sequence: --L--L--N--A--A--T--A-- between positions 80 and 120 in the mature EPSP synthase sequence.
- 6. A transformed plant cell of claim 5 selected from the group consisting of tomato, tobacco, oil seed rape, flax, soybean, sunflower, sugar beet, alfalfa, cotton, rice and maize cells.
- 7. A transformed cell of claim 5 from tomato.
- 8. A transformed cell of claim 5 from tobacco.
- 9. A transformed cell of claim 5 from oil seed rape.
- 10. A transformed cell of claim 5 from flax.
- 11. A transformed cell of claim 5 from soybean.
- 12. A transformed cell of claim 5 from sunflower.
- 13. A transformed cell of claim 5 from sugar beet.
- 14. A transformed cell of claim 5 from alfalfa.
- 15. A transformed cell of claim 5 from maize.
- 16. A plant comprising transformed plant cells of claim 5.
- 17. A plant of claim 16 in which the plant is tomato.
- 18. A plant of claim 16 in which the plant is tobacco.
- 19. A plant of claim 16 in which the plant is oil seed rape.
- 20. A plant of claim 16 in which the plant is flax.
- 21. A plant of claim 16 in which the plant is sunflower.
- 22. A plant of claim 16 in which the plant is sugar beet.
- 23. A plant of claim 16 in which the plant is alfalfa.
- 24. A seed produced by a plant of claim 16.
- 25. A seed of claim 24 in which the plant is tomato.
- 26. A seed of claim 24 in which the plant is tobacco.
- 27. A seed of claim 24 in which the plant is oil seed rape.
- 28. A seed of claim 24 in which the plant is flax.
- 29. A seed of claim 24 in which the plant is sunflower.
- 30. A seed of claim 24 in which the plant is sugar beet.
- 31. A seed of claim 24 in which the plant is alfalfa.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of and claims priority from co-pending application Ser. No. 179,245, filed Apr. 22, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,971,908 which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 054,337, filed May 26, 1987, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (1)
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4971908 |
Kishore et al. |
Nov 1990 |
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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179245 |
Apr 1988 |
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54337 |
May 1987 |
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