Methods of genetically altering a plant nin-gene to be responsive to cytokinin
AssigneeWageningen Universiteit
InventorsRene GEURTS, Jieyu LIU, Luuk RUTTEN, Olga KULIKOVA, Ton BISSELING
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to genetically modified plants comprising NODULE INCEPTION (NIN) and NIN-LIKE PROTEIN (NLP) that have been genetically altered to be responsive to cytokinin so that the NIN or NLP protein can induce root nodulation upon appropriate signaling.
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A genetically altered plant, wherein the plant or a part thereof comprises one or more genetic alterations that increase activity of a NODULE INCEPTION (NIN) protein or a NIN-like protein (NLP protein) in response to cytokinin signaling as compared to a wild type (WT) plant without the one or more genetic alterations, and wherein the plant or the part thereof comprises a nucleic acid encoding the NIN protein or the NLP protein.
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