Transgenic plants incorporating traits of Zostera marina
OwnerRandall Alberte, Robert Smithinventors
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Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions related to transgenic plants which incorporate genetic traits of the marine eelgrass Zostera marina. These traits include pathogen resistance, which may be conferred by stimulating zosteric acid biosynthesis, and root anoxia resistance, which may be conferred by introducing one or more anoxia-induced or anoxia-resistance genes.
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An isolated nucleic acid which hybridizes under stringent conditions including a wash step in 0.2×SSC at 65° C. to a nucleic acid consisting of the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 35, SEQ ID NO:
- 41, or SEQ ID NO:
- 46, wherein the isolated nucleic acid encodes a protein having alcohol dehydrogenase, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase, or phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity, respectively.
An isolated nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% identity with SEQ ID NO:
- 36, SEQ ID NO:
- 42, or SEQ ID NO:
- 47, wherein the polypeptide has alcohol dehydrogenase, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase, or phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity, respectively.
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