Plant cell death system

This invention seeks to provide means by which a necrotic effect may be induced in specific cells of a plant. The plant is transformed with a chimaeric gene which encodes a pokeweed antiviral protein and a promoter which acts in response to a specific stimulus so as to facilitate expression of the p...

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Hauptverfasser:	MICHAEL JOHN MCPHERSON, CHRISTOPHER JOHN ROBERT THOMAS, HOWARD JOHN ATKINSON, ANIL NEELAM
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS THEREOF CULTURE MEDIA ENZYMOLOGY METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEPTIDES PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS SPIRITS VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	This invention seeks to provide means by which a necrotic effect may be induced in specific cells of a plant. The plant is transformed with a chimaeric gene which encodes a pokeweed antiviral protein and a promoter which acts in response to a specific stimulus so as to facilitate expression of the pokeweed antiviral protein in specific cells of the plant.