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  • Plant resistance gene family encoding resistance polypeptides having P-loop and LRR motifs
    Patent number: 6127607
    Abstract: Disclosed is a new plant resistance gene family, the members of which encode plant resistance polypeptides having P-loop and LRR structural motifs. Also disclosed are substantially pure plant DNAs encoding such polypeptides. The invention further involves transgenic plants and transformed host cells that express these DNAs and exhibit enhanced disease resistance to plant pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Frederick Michael Ausubel, Brian J. Staskawicz, Andrew F. Bent, Douglas Dahlbeck, Fumiaki Katagiri, Barbara N. Kunkel, Michael Nicholas Mindrinos, Guo-Liang Yu
  • High level expression of proteins
    Patent number: 6114148
    Abstract: The invention features a synthetic gene encoding a protein normally expressed in a mammalian cell wherein at least one non-preferred or less preferred codon in the natural gene encoding the protein has been replaced by a preferred codon encoding the same amino acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Seed, Jurgen Haas