Nucleic acids, from oryza sativa, which encode leucine-rich repeat polypeptides and enhance xanthomonas resistance in plants
AssigneeThe Reagents of the University of California
InventorsPamela C. Ronald, Guo-Liang Wang, Wen-Yuang Song
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Abstract
The present invention provide nucleic acids encoding polypeptides which confer resistance to Xanthomonas spp. The nucleic acids can be used to produce transgenic plants resistant to the pathogen.
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An isolated nucleic acid construct comprising a Xa21 polynucleotide sequence of greater than about fifty nucleotides, which polynucleotide sequence hybridizes to SEQ ID NO:1 or to SEQ ID NO:3 under stringent conditions.
A nucleic acid construct comprising a promoter sequence greater than about fifty nucleotides which hybridizes under stringent conditions to SEQ ID NO:1 or SEO ID NO:3, which promoter is linked to a heterologous polynucleotide sequence.
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