Signal transduction stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants

US6720477B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Oswaldo da Costa e Silva · Neustadt, DE
• Hans J. Bohnert · Tucson, US
• Nocha van Thielen · Durham, US
• Ruoying Chen · Duluth, US
• Manabu Ishitani · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 6, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01K2217/05
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A transgenic plant transformed by a Signal Transduction Stress-Related Protein (STSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated STSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding STSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.