Hypersensitive response elicitor from Erwinia chrysanthemi
AssigneeCornell Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsDavid Bauer, Alan Collmer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an isolated protein or polypeptide corresponding to a protein or polypeptide in Erwinia chrysanthemi which elicits a hypersensitive response in plants. The encoding DNA molecule alone in isolated form or either in an expression system, a host cell, or a transgenic plant are also disclosed. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of imparting pathogen resistance to plants by transforming a plant with the DNA molecule of the present invention.
Claims19
An isolated DNA molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide corresponding to a protein or polypeptide in Erwinia chrysanthemi which elicits a hypersensitive response in plants, wherein said isolated DNA molecule has the nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. No. 6.
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