Patent ID: 6288304
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: C07K,C12N,C12Y

Abstract:
A method for the expression of a somatotropin in plants said method comprising:(a) introducing into a plant cell a chimeric nucleic acid sequence comprising:(1) a first nucleic acid sequence capable of regulating the transcription in said host cell of(2) a second nucleic acid sequence, wherein said second sequence encodes a recombinant fusion polypeptide and comprises (i) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a sufficient portion of an oleosin protein to provide targeting of the recombinant fusion polypeptide to a lipid phase, linked in frame to (ii) a nucleic acid sequence encoding said somatotropin; and(3) a third DNA sequence encoding a termination region functional in said plant cell; and(b) growing said plant cell to produce said recombinant fusion polypeptide.