Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of plant transformation with genes conferring tolerance to glyphosate. The invention particularly relates to a maize (corn) plant transformed with a gene encoding an EPSPS providing the plant tolerance to an application of glyphosate under conditions where this herbicide is effective in killing weeds. The invention particularly concerns an elite transformation event VCO-Ø1981-5 comprising the gene construct and means, kits and methods for detecting the presence of the said elite event.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of plant transformation with genes conferring tolerance to glyphosate. The invention particularly relates to a maize (corn) plant transformed with a gene encoding an EPSPS providing the plant tolerance to an application of glyphosate under conditions where this herbicide is effective in killing weeds. The invention particularly concerns an elite transformation event VCO-Ø1981-5 comprising the gene construct and means, kits and methods for detecting the presence of the said elite event.

Abstract: The invention concerns a novel method for making herbicide-tolerant plants, in particular to HPPD inhibiting herbicides, the nucleic acid sequences coding for enzymes capable of being used in said method, expression cassettes containing them and transgenic plants comprising at least one of said expression cassettes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of plant transformation with genes conferring tolerance to glyphosate. The invention particularly relates to a maize (corn) plant transformed with a gene encoding an EPSPS providing the plant tolerance to an application of glyphosate under conditions where this herbicide is effective in killing weeds. The invention particularly concerns an elite transformation event VCO-Ø1981-5 comprising the gene construct and means, kits and methods for detecting the presence of the said elite event.

Abstract: The invention concerns a novel method for making herbicide-tolerant plants, in particular to HPPD inhibiting herbicides, the nucleic acid sequences coding for enzymes capable of being used in said method, expression cassettes containing them and transgenic plants comprising at least one of said expression cassettes.

Abstract: The invention concerns a novel method for making herbicide-tolerant plants, in particular to HPPD inhibiting herbicides, the nucleic acid sequences coding for enzymes capable of being used in said method, expression cassettes containing them and transgenic plants comprising at least one of said expression cassettes.

Abstract: The invention concerns a novel method for making herbicide-tolerant plants, in particular to HPPD inhibiting herbicides, the nucleic acid sequences coding for enzymes capable of being used in said method, expression cassettes containing them and transgenic plants comprising at least one of said expression cassettes.

Abstract: DNA sequence of a gene of hydroxy-phenyl pyruvate dioxygenase and production of plants containing a gene of hydroxy-phenyl pyruvate dioxygenase and which are resistant to herbicides. DNA sequence of a gene of hydroxy-phenyl pyruvate dioxygenase; isolation from a bacteria or a plant; utilization for obtaining plants tolerant to herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated and purified DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide functionally involved in the DNA mismatch repair system of a plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA sequence, a 5′ regulatory element allowing the expression of a heterologous gene in a plant cell from a monocotyledonous plant, characterized in that it comprises, in the direction of transcription, a first DNA sequence, which is a functional fragment of the sequence of the maize H3C4 promoter, and a second DNA sequence, which is a functional fragment of the sequence of the first intron of rice actin.

Abstract: The invention concerns a nucleic acid sequence coding for thanatin, a vector containing it for transforming a host, and plants and plant cells transformed by the nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA sequence, a 5′ regulatory element allowing the expression of a heterologous gene in a plant cell from a monocotyledonous plant, characterized in that it comprises, in the direction of transcription, a first DNA sequence, which is a functional fragment of the sequence of the maize H3C4 promoter, and a second DNA sequence, which is a functional fragment of the sequence of the first intron of rice actin. The invention also relates to a chimeric gene comprising the said DNA sequence and the plants transformed with the said gene.

Abstract: The invention relates to the degradation of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins in the digestive tracts of mammals and concerns Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins having a peptide sequence that has been modified in such a way as to make said proteins sensitive to the specific enzymes in the digestive tracts of mammals, in particular pepsins. According to the invention, the Cry proteins are modified by inserting pepsin cleavage sites in the peptide sequence thereof. The invention also relates to transformed plants expressing said modified Cry proteins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated and purified DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide functionally involved in the DNA mismatch repair system of a plant.

Abstract: DNA sequence of a gene of hydroxy-phenyl pyruvate dioxygenase and production of plants containing a gene of hydroxy-phenyl pyruvate dioxygenase and which are resistant to herbicides. DNA sequence of a gene of hydroxy-phenyl pyruvate dioxygenase; isolation from a bacteria or a plant; utilization for obtaining plants tolerant to herbicides.

Abstract: The invention concerns a chimeric gene containing a DNA sequence coding for drosomycin, a vector containing the chimeric gene, a method for transforming plants and the resulting transformed plants. The drosomycin produced by the plants provides them with resistance to diseases, in particular of fungal origin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA molecules of plant origin encoding a modified 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) enzyme wherein the a first EPSPS coding sequence that normally encodes a threonine residue of a mature EPSPS sequence is modified to encode isoleucine of the mature EPSPS sequence, and a second EPSPS coding sequence that normally encodes a proline residue of a mature EPSPS sequence is modified to encode serine of the mature EPSPS sequence, wherein the first and second residues are respectively located at relatively positions 102 and 106 of a mature EPSPS sequence encoded by said DNA molecule; and the production of a transgenic plant resistant or tolerant to a herbicide of the phosphonomethylglycine family, e.g., glyphosate.

Abstract: The invention concerns a chimeric gene containing a DNA sequence coding for drosomycin, a vector containing the chimeric gene, a method for transforming plants and the resulting transformed plants. The drosomycin produced by the plants provides them with resistance to diseases, in particular of fungal origin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA sequence, a 5′ regulatory element allowing the expression of a heterologous gene in a plant cell from a monocotyledonous plant, characterized in that it comprises, in the direction of transcription, a first DNA sequence, which is a functional fragment of the sequence of the maize H3C4 promoter, and a second DNA sequence, which is a functional fragment of the sequence of the first intron of rice actin.

Abstract: 1) Chimeric gone for conferring to plants an increased tolerance to a herbicide. 2) It comprises, in the direction of transcription, a promoter region, a transit peptide region, a sequence encoding glyphosate tolerance and a polyadenylation signal region, wherein the promoter region consists of at least one promoter of a plant histone gene enabling the expression of the herbicide tolerance protein in the regions of glyphosate accumulation. 3) Production of glyphosate-tolerant plants.