Kinase-start gene conferring resistance to plant disease and transgenic plants comprising it

US9464299B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• CARMEL-HAIFA UNIVERSITY ECONOMIC CORPORATION LTD. · IL
• The Regents of the University of California · US
• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Jorge Dubcovsky · Davis, US
• Tzion Fahima · Haifa, IL
• Assaf Distelfeld · Rekhasim, IL
• Cristobal Uauy · Davis, US
• Ann E. Blechl · Albany, US
• Daolin Fu · Woodland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2010
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8237
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which encodes a polypeptide comprising both a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related lipid transfer (START) domain and a kinase domain is provided, as well as plant cells and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acid molecule, said transgenic plants being resistant to plant diseases.