CHIMERIC GENES AND METHODS FOR INCREASING THE LYSINE CONTENT OF THE SEEDS OF PLANTS - Patent 0973880

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EP 0 973 880 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.12.1998

(43)	Date of publication:
	26.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/04

(21)	Application number: 98913190.9

(22)	Date of filing: 27.03.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12N 15/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9806/051

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9842/831 (01.10.1998 Gazette 1998/39)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE ES FR GB IT NL

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Priority:

27.03.1997 US 824627

(71)	Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
	WilmingtonDelaware 19898 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	FALCO, Saverio, Carl Wilmington, DE 19810 (US) MCDEVITT, Raymond, Ervin, III Wilmington, DE 19810 (US) EPELBAUM, Sabine, Ursula Wilmington, DE 19807 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grant, Anne Rosemary et al
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	CHIMERIC GENES AND METHODS FOR INCREASING THE LYSINE CONTENT OF THE SEEDS OF PLANTS