Transcription factor stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants

US7485775B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Oswaldo da Costa e Silva · Neustadt, DE
• Nocha van Thielen · Durham, US
• Ruoying Chen · Duluth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8282
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A transgenic plant transformed by a transcription factor stress-related protein (TFSRP) 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 TFSRP, and isolated nucleic acid coding TFSRP, and vectors and host cells containing the latter. Further provided are methods of producing transgenic plants expressing TFSRP, methods of increasing expression of other genes of interest using the TFSRP, methods of identifying novel TFSRP, and methods of modifying the expression of TFSRP in plants.