Patents Assigned to Zeneca Agrochemicals
  • Antimicrobial proteins
    Patent number: 5750504
    Abstract: Antimicrobial proteins capable of isolation from seeds of Heuchera or Aesculus show a wide range of antifungal activity and some activity against Gram-positive bacteria. DNA encoding the proteins may be isolated and incorporated into vectors. Plants transformed with this DNA may be produced. The proteins find commercial application as antifungal or antibacterial agents; transformed plants will show increased disease-resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Zeneca Agrochemicals
    Inventors: Willem Frans Broekaert, Bruno Philippe Angelo Cammue, Rupert William Osborn, Sarah Bronwen Rees