摘要 |
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. |
申请人 |
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.;E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY;THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA;ALTIER, DANIEL, J.;GILLIAM, JACOB, T.;HUNTER-CEVERA, JENNIE;PRESNAIL, JAMES, K.;SCHEPERS, ERIC, J.;SIMMONS, CARL, R.;TOROK, TAMAS;YALPANI, NASSER |
发明人 |
ALTIER, DANIEL, J.;GILLIAM, JACOB, T.;HUNTER-CEVERA, JENNIE;PRESNAIL, JAMES, K.;SCHEPERS, ERIC, J.;SIMMONS, CARL, R.;TOROK, TAMAS;YALPANI, NASSER;ELLANSKAYA, I.A. |