Transgenic evaluation of activated mutant alleles of SOS2 reveals a critical requirement for its kinase activity and C-terminal regulatory domain for salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana
US7265266B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8273
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of increasing salt tolerance in a plant by overexpressing a gene encoding a mutant SOS2 protein in at least one cell type in the plant. The present invention also provides for transgenic plants expressing the mutant SOS2 proteins.
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