INDUCTION OF MALE STERILITY IN PLANTS BY EXPRESSION OF HIGH LEVELS OF AVIDIN - Patent 0832261

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EP 0 832 261 A2

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(43)	Date of publication:
	01.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/14

(21)	Application number: 96919051.0

(22)	Date of filing: 06.06.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A01H 5/ 00^{( . )}
C12N 5/ 10^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 12^{( . )}

C07K 14/ 465^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 09^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 82^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/008583

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/040949 (19.12.1996 Gazette 1997/03)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV SI

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Priority:

07.06.1995 US 19950475582

(71)	Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
	Des Moines Iowa 50309 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HOWARD, John, A. Des Moines, IA 50325 (US) ALBERTSON, Marc, C. West Des Moines, IA 50266 (US)

(74)	Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul
	Carpmaels & Ransford 43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	INDUCTION OF MALE STERILITY IN PLANTS BY EXPRESSION OF HIGH LEVELS OF AVIDIN