Patent ID: 6376745
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
A recombinant nucleic acid comprising:(a) a transcriptional promoter; (b) a first plant-expressible gene linked to said transcriptional promoter, (c) a cDNA sequence element comprising an internal ribosome entry site of tobamovirus moving protein (MP) gene (IRESMP) which is located 3â€² to the first plant-expressible gene, and (d) a second plant-expressible gene located 3â€² to the IRESMP such that the second gene is placed under the translational control of the IRESMP; wherein the first plant-expressible gene, IRESMP and the second plant-expressible gene are transcribed under the action of the transcriptional promoter to produce a primary transcript, and the first plant expressible gene of the primary transcript is able to translate by ribosome scanning mechanism and the second plant expressible gene of the primary transcript is capable of translation under the action of IRESMP.