NOVEL KINASE-START GENE CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO PLANT DISEASE AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS COMPRISING IT

摘要

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 disease.