(19)
(11)
EP 1 051 504 A2
(12)
(88)
Date of publication A3:
23.09.1999
(43)
Date of publication:
15.11.2000
Bulletin 2000/46
(21)
Application number:
99907444.6
(22)
Date of filing:
28.01.1999
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC)
7
:
C12N
15/82
,
C12N
15/54
,
C12N
15/55
,
C12N
9/10
,
C12N
9/14
,
C12N
5/10
,
C12Q
1/68
,
G01N
33/50
,
A01H
5/00
(86)
International application number:
PCT/EP9900/556
(87)
International publication number:
WO 9938/986
(
05.08.1999
Gazette 1999/31)
(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:
30.01.1998
US 109810 P
(71)
Applicants:
Novartis AG
4058 Basel (CH)
Novartis-Erfindungen Verwaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
1235 Wien (AT)
(72)
Inventors:
GUYER, Charles, David
Durham, NC 27707 (US)
JOHNSON, Marie, Ann
Raleigh, NC 27606 (US)
VOLRATH, Sandra, Lynn
Durham, NC 27707 (US)
BRUNN, Sandra, Alice
San Jose, CA 95123 (US)
WARD, Eric, Russell
Durham, NC 27707 (US)
(54)
RIBOFLAVIN BIOSYNTHESIS GENES FROM PLANTS AND USES THEREOF