Patent ID: 7569746
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: C07H,C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering a polypeptide of interest to a plant cell, said method comprising infecting a plant cell with an Agrobacterium which comprises a polynucleotide fusion construct comprising a VirF fusion polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter which drives expression in Agrobacterium, wherein the VirF fusion polynucleotide comprises a VirF polynucleotide operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide of interest, wherein expression of said VirF fusion polynucleotide produces a VirF fusion polypeptide, wherein said polypeptide of interest is delivered to said plant cell, and wherein said polynucleotide fusion construct is not incorporated into the plant cell genome.