Promoter for epidermis-specific, pathogen-inducible transgenic expression in plants

US7834243B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FÜR PFLANZENGENETIK UND KULTURPFLANZENFORSCHUNG · DE

Inventors

• Patrick Schweizer · Quedlinburg, DE
• Axel Himmelbach · Thale, DE
• Lothar Altschmied · Quedlinburg, DE
• Helmut Maucher · Langenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/146
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to promoter regions, under the control of which transgenes can be expressed in plants in an epidermis-specific and pathogen-inducible manner. The invention also relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules, including the promoters, to transgenic plants and plant cells, transformed with said the nucleic acid molecules and to methods for producing the same. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules, including a promoter according to the invention, nucleic acid sequences or transgenes, which can convey resistance to pathogens, plants and cell plants, transformed with the nucleic acid molecules and methods for producing the same. The invention also relates to the use of the promoter region according to the invention for analyzing pathogen-induced signal transduction pathways in plant cells.