HERBICIDE TOLERANT GENES USE

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
ASSURE	E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY	974 Centre Road Wilmington DE 19805	herbicide tolerant genes for use in the production of agricultural seeds;
ROUNDUP READY	MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY	800 N. Lindbergh Blvd., E2NA St. Louis MO 63167	herbicide-tolerant genes for use in the production of agricultural seed;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Genes encoding Class II EPSPS enzymes are disclosed. The genes are useful in producing transformed bacteria and plants which are tolerant to glyphosate herbicide. Class II EPSPS genes share little homology with known, Class I EPSPS genes, and do not hybridize to probes from Class I EPSPS's. The Class II EPSPS enzymes are characterized by being more kinetically efficient than Class I EPSPS's in the presence of glyphosate. Plants transformed with Class II EPSPS genes are also disclosed as well as a method for selectively controlling weeds in a planted transgenic crop field.