Nucleic acids from maize encoding proteins which suppress plant cell death

An isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes a plant protein that suppresses cell death in plants, wherein the plant protein comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.

An isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes a plant protein that suppresses cell death in plants, wherein said nucleic acid molecule comprises the nucleic acid molecule set forth in SEQ ID NO:1.

An isolated nucleotide sequence encoding a plant protein that suppresses cell death in plants, wherein said sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4.

A transformed plant comprising a chimeric gene, said gene comprising a nucledtide sequence which encodes a protein which suppresses plant cell death operably linked to a promoter which is operable in a plant cell, wherein said nucleotide sequence has at least 85% identity to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1.

A transformed plant comprising a chimeric gene, said gene comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protein that suppresses plant cell death operably linked to a promoter operable in a plant cell, wherein said protein comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.

A transformed plant comprising a chimeric gene, said gene comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protein that suppresses plant cell death operably linked to a promoter operable in a plant cell, wherein said nucleotide sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1.

A method for producing a transgenic plant, said method comprising transforming a plant with an expression cassette comprising a chimeric gene, said gene comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protein that suppresses plant cell death operably linked to a promoter operable in a plant cell, wherein said nucleotide sequence has at least 85% identity to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1.

A method for producing a transgenic plant, said method comprising transforming a plant with an expression cassette comprising a chimeric gene, said gene comprising a nucleotide sequence operably linked with a promoter operable in a plant cell, wherein said nucleotide sequence encodes the protein set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.

A method for producing a transgenic plant, said method comprising transforming a plant with an expression cassette comprising a chimeric gene, said gene comprising a nucleotide sequence operably linked with a promoter operable in a plant cell, wherein said nucleotide sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1.