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(11) EP 1 105 491 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
13.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/24

(21) Application number: 99939525.4

(22) Date of filing: 12.08.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C12N 15/31, C12N 15/82, A01H 5/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB9902/652
(87) International publication number:
WO 0009/696 (24.02.2000 Gazette 2000/08)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 13.08.1998 GB 9817707

(71) Applicants:
  • Syngenta Limited
    Haslemere, Surrey GU27 3JE (GB)
  • Stewart, Lesley (Personal representative of Stewart, Gordon Sidney Anderson Bernie)
    Loughborough LE11 5QL (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • STEWART, Gordon, Sidney, Anderson, Bernie;
    . (US)
  • FRAY, Rupert, George - Nottingham Univ.
    Sutton Bonington, Loughborough LE11 5QL (GB)
  • THROUP, John, Peter-SmithKline Beecham
    Collegeville, PA 19426 (US)
  • WALLACE, Andrew, David-Unilever Research
    Sharnbrook,Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ (GB)
  • GRIERSON, Donald-University of Nottingham
    Sutton Bonington, Loughborough LE12 (GB)

(74) Representative: Huskisson, Frank Mackie et al
ZENECA AgrochemicalsIntellectual Property DepartmentJealott's Hill Research StationPO Box 3538
Bracknell,Berkshire RG42 6YA
Bracknell,Berkshire RG42 6YA (GB)

   


(54) EXPRESSION OF BACTERIAL SIGNAL MOLECULES IN PLANTS