Patent ID: 6048730
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
A chimeric gene functional in a plant cell, which chimeric gene comprises:(a) at a position 5' to coding region (c), a plant-expressible promoter sequence;(b) at a position 3' to coding region (c), a terminator signal sequence; and(c) a coding region of an aphIV gene, which coding region: (i) encodes a functional hygromycin phosphotransferase enzyme or functional portion thereof; and (ii) is positioned between such plant-expressible promoter sequence (a) and such terminator signal sequence (b) so as to be expressible,wherein expression of such coding region in a plant cell confers resistance to hydromycin B on such plant cell and wherein such resistance to hygromycin B is capable of providing a basis for selection of such plant cell.