Patents Examined by Ousama M-Saiz Zaghmout
  • Glutathione-S-conjugate transport in plants
    Patent number: 6166290
    Abstract: The invention includes an isolated DNA encoding a plant GS-X pump polypeptide and an isolated preparation of a plant GS-X pump polypeptide. Also included is an isolated preparation of a nucleic acid which is antisense in orientation to a portion or all of a plant GS-X pump gene. The invention also includes a cells, vectors and transgenic plants having an isolated DNA encoding a plant GS-X pump and methods of use thereof. In addition, the invention relates to plant GS-X pump promoter sequences and the uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Philip A. Rea, Yu-Ping Lu, Ze-Sheng Li