Granted Patent
B2
US 12,529,062 · App. 17/806,435 · Granted Jan 20, 2026
INIR12 transgenic maize
Inventors:
Joshua L. Price (Cambridge, MA); Michael Andreas Kock (Rheinfelden, DE); Michael Lee Nuccio (Salem, NH); Frédéric Van Ex (Kortrijk, BE); Alexandra Elata (Arlington, MA); Daniel Rodriguez Leal (Belmont, MA)
Assignee:
INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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Abstract
Transgenic INIR12 maize plants comprising a vip3Aa19 or vip3Aa20 expression cassette linked to a secondary nopaline synthase terminator element which lack a selectable marker gene and/or which comprise modifications that provide for facile excision of the INIR12 transgenic locus from the maize plant genome are provided. Genomic DNA of INIR12 transgenic plants, detection of INIR12 plants and products thereof, methods of making INIR12 plants, and use of INIR12 plants to facilitate breeding are disclosed.
Claims (10)
1 . A transgenic maize plant cell comprising a modified MIR162 transgenic locus;
wherein an unmodified MIR162 transgenic locus comprises an original MIR162 transgenic locus comprising SEQ ID NO: 46;
wherein the modified MIR162 transgenic locus comprises the first ZmUbiInt promoter operably linked to the Vip3Aa20 gene, the CaMV35S terminator, and the NOS terminator of the original MIR162 transgenic locus and;
wherein the DNA molecule encoding the second ZmUbiInt promoter and operably linked phosphomannose isomerase coding region of the original MIR162 transgenic locus are deleted from the modified MIR162 transgenic locus; and
wherein the 5′ junction polynucleotide of the modified MIR162 transgenic locus comprises the DNA molecule of any one of SEQ ID NO: 50-121, 123-124, 128, 130, 139-140, 142, 144-146, 148, 155-157, 159-162, 164-166.
2 . A transgenic maize plant part comprising the maize plant cell of claim 1 , wherein said maize plant part is optionally a seed.
3 . A transgenic maize plant comprising the maize plant cell of claim 1 .
4 . A method for obtaining a bulked population of inbred seed comprising selfing the transgenic maize plant of claim 3 and harvesting seed comprising the transgenic locus from the selfed maize plant.
5 . A method of obtaining hybrid maize seed comprising crossing the transgenic maize plant of claim 3 to a second maize plant which is genetically distinct from the first maize plant and harvesting seed comprising the transgenic locus from the cross.
6 . The transgenic maize plant cell of claim 1 , wherein the 5′ junction polynucleotide of the modified MIR162 transgenic locus comprises the DNA molecule of any one of SEQ ID NO: 64, 70, 75, 76, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 101, 107, 109, 119, 124, 144, 159, 160, or 164.
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Aug 2, 2022
From: PRICE, JOSHUA L.; KOCK, MICHAEL ANDREAS; NUCCIO, MICHAEL LEE; VAN EX, FRÉDÉRIC; ELATA, ALEXANDRA; RODRIGUEZ LEAL, DANIEL
To: INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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Continuity (10)
Provisional Application
63199949
· Feb 4, 2021
Provisional Application
63059813
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Provisional Application
63059916
· Jul 31, 2020
Provisional Application
63059860
· Jul 31, 2020
Provisional Application
63059963
· Jul 31, 2020
Provisional Application
63202569
· Jun 16, 2021
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