US Patent 7056715 - GST sequences from soybean and their use in the production of herbicide resistant plants

GST sequences from soybean and their use in the production of herbicide resistant plants

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Document Number

US Patent 7056715

Issued Date

June 6, 2006

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Inventors

Andrews; John Christopher (Bracknell,GB)

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Cummins; Ian (Durham,GB)

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Edwards; Robert (Durham,GB)

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Jepson; Ian (Bracknell,GB)

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Skipsey; Mark (Durham,GB)

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Townson; Karen Jane (Bracknell,GB)

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Abstract

The present invention relates to inter alia, Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST) and homoglutathione synthetase sequences from soybean and their use in the production of plants which are resitant to herbicides which comprise fomesafen and/or acifluorfen. In a particular embodiment the invention provides a GST depicted as SEQ ID No. 10 and a homoglutathione synthetase depicted as SEQ ID No. 1.