Public Title Benzoate-induced Gene Promoter Division Lead Inventor Hodges, Thomas Public Description A gene promoter has been isolated that is induced by a chemical that is benign to the environment. This promoter can be used to regulate or control the expression of any transgene in plants simply by spraying plants with the chemical. Examples of use could be for controlling the timing of gene expression of insect and disease resistance, turning-on the production of specialty chemical production in plants, controlling flowering in plants, killing transgenic plants by turning on the production of a gene encoding a herbicide or apoptotic genes. This system would be ideal for any application for which one wants to control the timing of gene expression. Patent Status Public References Key Words Agriculture, Agriculture/Ag biotech Manager Joseph Trebley Email jptrebley@prf.org Telephone Fax 765-496-1277   Back to List