US PATENT SUBCLASS 800 / 277
METHOD OF PRODUCING A PLANT OR PLANT PART USING SOMATIC CELL FUSION (E.G., PROTOPLAST FUSION, ETC.)

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800 /   HD   MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS AND UNMODIFIED PARTS THEREOF AND RELATED PROCESSES

277METHOD OF PRODUCING A PLANT OR PLANT PART USING SOMATIC CELL FUSION (E.G., PROTOPLAST FUSION, ETC.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 800/277

METHOD OF PRODUCING A PLANT OR PLANT PART USING SOMATIC CELL FUSION (E.G., PROTOPLAST FUSION, ETC.):

(under the class definition) Method wherein cellular matter of two or more fusing partners is combined producing a plant cell which initially contains the genes of both the fusing partners, and wherein a plant or plant part is regenerated from said cell.

(1) Note. This subclass does not include fusion of a liposome to a cell unless two or more cells are also fused by the method.

(2) Note. This subclass does not include fusion of a cell to an enveloped virus as part of an infection or genetic alteration method.

(3) Note. Placement of a method in this subclass does not require fusion of nuclei.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology,

453, for fusing plant cells without regenerating a plant or

plant part and subclass 458 for introducing nucleic acid into an animal cell using a liposome.