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US 6,784,337 B1Granted
Method of improving nematode resistance in plants via transformation with a DNA encoding a proteinase inhibitor fusion protein
AssigneeSyngenta Participations AG
InventorsHoward John Atkinson, Michael John McPherson, Peter Edward Urwin
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for improving resistance or tolerance of a plant to a pathogen, wherein the method comprises integrating a DNA molecule encoding a fusion protein comprising at least two anti-pathogenic proteins or protein domains joined by at least one linker peptide, wherein the first anti-pathogenic protein or protein domain comprises Oc-IΔD86 or Oc-I and the second anti-pathogenic protein or protein domain comprises CpTI.
Claims3
A method of improving resistance or tolerance in a plant and its descendant plants to a nematode, comprising:
- (i) integrating into a genome of a plant a DNA molecule encoding a fusion protein, wherein said fusion protein comprises
- (a) a first protein, or protein domain, with anti-pathogenic activity, wherein said first protein or protein domain comprises Oc-IΔD86 or Oc-I;
- (b) a linker peptide comprising an amino acid sequence characterized by at least one of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or SEQ ID NO:
- 11;
- and
- (c) a second protein, or protein domain, with anti-pathogenic activity, wherein said second protein or protein domain comprises CpTI;
- thus producing a plant with improved nematode resistance or tolerance;
- and optionally (ii) generating a descendant plant.
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