Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Margaret A. Conner
  • Nucleic acid sequences encoding cell wall-degrading enzymes and use to engineer resistance to Fusarium and other pathogens
    Patent number: 6521435
    Abstract: The invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences derived from Fusarium fungal genes which encode the cell wall-degrading enzymes glucanase, endochitinase, and exochitinase; isolated polypeptides having glucanase, endochitinase or exochitinase activity; recombinant nucleic acid molecules, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides, including expression in plant cells to confer or enhance a plant's resistance to Fusarium and other pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Novozymes Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia A. Okubara, Ann E. Blechl, Thomas M. Hohn, Randy M. Berka