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  • Plasmids for plant transformation and method for using the same
    Patent number: 7029908
    Abstract: The invention provides novel Ti-plasmid vectors for Agrobacterium-medicated plant cell transformation. Plamsids of the invention are constructed with a DNA sequence (ie., a negative selectable maker or a DNA sequence that inhibits DNA unwinding) flanking the T-DNA bordered gene of interest that reduces or eliminates the occurrence of transformants with vector read-through DNA sequence. The invention also provides methods of plant cell transformation utilizing these novel vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Syngenta Mogen BV
    Inventors: Maarten Hendrik Stuiver, Anne Silene Ponstein, Stephan Andreas Ohl, Oscar Johanna Maria Goddijn, Lambertus Henricus Simons, Bernardus Martinus Maria Dekker, Sietske Hoekstra, Hendrik Tigelaar, Nicolas Elzinga