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(11) EP 1 036 186 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
20.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/38

(21) Application number: 98966607.8

(22) Date of filing: 03.12.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C12N 15/82, C12N 9/00, A01H 5/00, C07H 21/02
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP9807/871
(87) International publication number:
WO 9928/485 (10.06.1999 Gazette 1999/23)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 03.12.1997 EP 97402925

(71) Applicant: GENE SHEARS PTY LIMITED
Canberra, ACT 2601 (AU)

(72) Inventors:
  • HUTTNER, Eric
    F-91450 Soisy sur Seine (FR)
  • TUCKER, William
    Turner, ACT 2601 (AU)
  • VERMEULEN, Agnès
    F-26000 Valence (FR)
  • IGNART, Frédéric
    F-26800 Beauvallon (FR)

(74) Representative: Almond-Martin, Carol et al
Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud S.A.3, rue Chauveau-Lagarde
75008 Paris
75008 Paris (FR)

   


(54) RIBOZYMES CAPABLE OF CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO POTYVIRUS INFECTION, AND PLANTS EXPRESSING SAID RIBOZYMES