Plant resistance gene family encoding resistance polypeptides having P-loop and LRR motifs

US6127607A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The General Hospital Corporation · US
• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Frederick M. Ausubel · Newton, US
• Brian J. Staskawicz · Castro Valley, US
• Andrew F. Bent · Madison, US
• Douglas Dahlbeck · Castro Valley, US
• Fumiaki Katagiri · San Diego, US
• Barbara N. Kunkel · Chesterfield, US
• Michael N. Mindrinos · Somerville, US
• Guo-Liang Yu · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 29, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q2600/156
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a new plant resistance gene family, the members of which encode plant resistance polypeptides having P-loop and LRR structural motifs. Also disclosed are substantially pure plant DNAs encoding such polypeptides. The invention further involves transgenic plants and transformed host cells that express these DNAs and exhibit enhanced disease resistance to plant pathogens.