Transgenic plants expressing puroindolines and methods for producing such plants
AssigneesThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Montana State University
InventorsMichael J. Giroux, John Sherwood, K. Krishnamurthy, Craig F. Morris
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Abstract
This invention relates to plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding a puroindoline. This invention also relates to methods of producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced by the methods of this invention are useful in reducing the damage caused by plant pests, especially plant pathogens such as fungi and bacteria.
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A plant cell, plant tissue or plant transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding a puroindoline.
A plant cell, plant tissue or plant transgenic for a nucleic acid which hybridizes under high stringency conditions with a nucleic acid encoding a puroindoline.
A plant cell, plant tissue or plant transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding a fragment of a puroindoline wherein the fragment retains a biological activity of a puroindoline.
A plant cell, plant tissue or plant transgenic for a recombinant DNA sequence encoding either or both of puroindolineA and puroindolineB.
A plant comprising either or both of puroindolineA and puroindolineB present in leaf tissue in an amount effective to reduce disease symptoms in response to infection by a pathogen.
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid operatively linked to a constitutive or inducible promoter in a manner effective for expression of the nucleic acid, wherein the nucleic acid is selected from the group consisting of a nucleic acid encoding one or more puroindolines, a nucleic acid which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to a nucleic acid encoding a puroindoline, and a nucleic acid encoding a fragment of a puroindoline wherein the fragment retains a biological activity of a puroindoline.
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