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US 7,605,303 B2Granted
Stress-responsive root-specific genes
AssigneeNational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
InventorsSetsuko Komatsu, Tomokazu Koshiba, Shinichiro Sawa, Makoto Hashimoto
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Abstract
The present inventors succeeded in cloning a rice stress-responsive gene, RSI1. They discovered that stress-responsive plants can be generated by using the isolated gene, or genes functionally equivalent thereto. The present invention is useful in fields such as plant breeding.
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An isolated DNA selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) an isolated DNA that encodes a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2;
- (b) an isolated DNA that comprises the coding region of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1;
- (c) an isolated DNA that encodes a protein comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 95% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said isolated DNA encodes a protein that is induced to be produced in a rice root in response to sodium chloride or drought but not abscisic acid;
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- (d) an isolated DNA that hybridizes to a complementary DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence complementary to that of SEQ ID NO:1 under stringent conditions of 6M urea, 0.4% SDS, and 0.1X SSC, wherein said isolated DNA encodes a protein that is induced to be produced in a rice root in response to sodium chloride or drought but not abscisic acid.
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