Rac-like genes and methods of use
US6555732B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8279
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to creating or enhancing disease resistance in plants. The invention provides isolated maize Rac nucleic acids and their encoded proteins that are involved in the altering the disease resistance pathway in plants, increasing transformation efficiency, inducing programmed cell death, and modulating the oxidative burst in a plant. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
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