Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nucleic acids encoding antifungal polypeptides and uses thereof
- Patent Title (中): 编码抗真菌多肽的核酸及其用途
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Application No.: US12503952Application Date: 2009-07-16
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Publication No.: US07825294B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Daniel J. Altier , I. A. Ellanskaya , Jacob T. Gilliam , Jennie Hunter-Cevera , James K Presnail , Eric Schepers , Carl R. Simmons , Tamas Torok , Nasser Yalpani
- Applicant: Daniel J. Altier , I. A. Ellanskaya , Jacob T. Gilliam , Jennie Hunter-Cevera , James K Presnail , Eric Schepers , Carl R. Simmons , Tamas Torok , Nasser Yalpani
- Applicant Address: US IA Johnston US DE Wilmington US CA Oakland
- Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.,E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company,The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.,E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company,The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Johnston US DE Wilmington US CA Oakland
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: A01H5/00
- IPC: A01H5/00 ; A01H5/10 ; C12N15/09 ; C12N15/82

Abstract:
Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include an amino acid sequence, and variants and fragments thereof, for an antipathogenic polypeptide that was isolated from a fungal fermentation broth. Nucleic acid molecules that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the invention, and antipathogenic domains thereof, are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the invention in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100031391A1 ANTIFUNGAL POLYPEPTIDES Public/Granted day:2010-02-04
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