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US 10,240,166 B2Granted
Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics in response to cold
AssigneeCeres, Inc.
InventorsCory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
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Abstract
Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
Claims7
A method of producing a transgenic plant with increased cold tolerance, said method comprising:
- growing plant cells transformed with an exogenous nucleic acid, wherein said exogenous nucleic acid comprising a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 2, and wherein said nucleotide sequence is operably linked to a heterologous promoter;
- producing transgenic plants from said transformed plant cells;
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- selecting for a transgenic plant from said transgenic plants that overexpresses said polypeptide in the selected transgenic plant and which exhibits an increased level of cold tolerance as compared to a control plant of the same plant species that does not comprise said exogenous nucleic acid.
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