Gtp binding stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants
AssigneeBASF Plant Science GmbH
InventorsOswaldo da Costa e Silva, Hans J. Bohnert, Nocha Van Thielen, Ruoying Chen
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Abstract
A transgenic plant transformed by a GTP Binding Stress-Related Protein (GBSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated GBSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding GBSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.
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A transgenic plant cell transformed with an isolated polynucleotide encoding a plant GTP-binding protein having a sequence comprising amino acids 1 to 216 of SEQ ID NO:15.
A transgenic plant transformed with an isolated polynucleotide encoding a plant GTP-binding protein having a sequence comprising amino acids 1 to 216 of SEQ ID NO:15.
A seed which is true breeding for a transgene comprising an isolated polynucleotide encoding a plant GTP-binding protein having a sequence comprising amino acids 1 to 216 of SEQ ID NO:15.
An isolated polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of:
- a) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having a sequence as set forth in amino acids 1 to 216 of SEQ ID NO:15;
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- b) a polynucleotide having a sequence as set forth in nucleotides 1 to 883 of SEQ ID NO:10.
A method of producing a transgenic plant having increased tolerance to drought or cold stress, comprising the steps of:
- a) transforming a plant cell with an expression vector comprising an isolated polynucleotide encoding a plant GTP-binding protein having a sequence comprising amino acids 1 to 216 of SEQ ID NO:15. and
- b) generating from the plant cell a transgenic plant that expresses the polynucleotide.
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