CHIMERA GENE HAVING A LIGHT DEPENDENT PROMOTER PROVIDING TOLERANCE TO HPPD INHIBITORS

摘要

The invention concerns a chimera gene comprising at least an elementary chimera gene including, in the transcriptional direction, elements regulating in 5' necessary for its transcription into plants, at least one heterologous coding portion comprising a sequence coding for an enzyme providing plants with tolerance to herbicides inhibitors of HPPD and at least one terminator or polyadenylation regulating sequence, wherein the elements regulating in 5' ensure the transcription of the elementary chimera gene at the level of chlorophyllian tissues. The invention also concerns the transformation of plants and the plants transformed with said chimera gene. It further concerns a method for growing transformed plants which consists in applying a HPPD inhibitor for controlling weeds.