Vesicle trafficking stress-related polypeptides and methods of use in plants

US7399903B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Xi-Qing Wang · Beijing, CN
• Damian Allen · Bristol, GB
• Chen Ruoying · Apex, US
• Lori V. Mills · Willow Springs, US
• Nocha van Thielen · Durham, US
• Oswaldo da Costa e Silva · Neustadt, DE
• Bryan McKersie · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/415
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A transgenic plant transformed by a Vesicle Trafficking Stress-Related Polypeptide (VTSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in the plant's increased growth and/or 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 VTSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding VTSRPs and vectors and host cells containing the latter.