Nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins associated with abiotic stress response and plant cells with increased tolerance to environmental stress

US8247651B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Piotr Puzio · Berlin, DE
• Agnes Chardonnens · Enkhuizen, NL
• Amber Shirley · Wake Forest, US
• Xi-Qing Wang · Beijing, CN
• Rodrigo Sarria-Millan · Morrisville, US
• Bryan McKersie · Raleigh, US
• Ruoying Chen · Duluth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8273
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that are associated with abiotic stress responses and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. This invention further relates to transformed plant cells with altered metabolic activity compared to a corresponding non transformed wild type plant cell, wherein the metabolic activity is altered by transformation with a Stress-Related Protein (SRP) coding nucleic acid and results in increased tolerance and/or resistance to an environmental stress as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell.