Vicki A Klaassen

US Patent:

61602019, Dec 12, 2000

Filed:

Aug 2, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/591468

Inventors:

Maury L. Boeshore - Waukegon IL
Kim J. Carney - Richland MI
Vicki Klaassen - Davis CA
Bryce W. Falk - Davis CA

Assignee:

Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. - Saticoy CA
The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA

International Classification:

A01H 500
A01H 510
C12N 504
C12N 1582

US Classification:

800250

Abstract:

The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid which contains a nucleotide sequence which encodes at least one of five LIYV proteins: the coat protein, the heat shock protein-70, RNA polymerase, the protein encoded by the gene positioned at ORF 3 of LIYV RNA1, and the protein encoded by the gene positioned at ORF 6 of LIYV RNA2 where at least a portion of the nucleotide sequence for at least one of these proteins, either in the sense or the antisense orientation, is operably linked to genetic regulatory sequences necessary for gene expression to form plant transformation vectors. These vectors are then used to prepare transgenic seeds and plants.