Protein kinase stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants

US7521597B2 · 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
• Rodrigo Sarria-Millan · Morrisville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/1205
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) 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 PKSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding PKSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.