Dna encoding a plant deoxyhypusine synthase, a plant eukaryotic initiation factor 5a, transgenic plants and method for controlling senescence programmed and cell death in plants

摘要

Regulation of expression of programmed cell death, including senescence, in plants is achieved by integration of a gene or gene fragment encoding senescence-induced eIF-5A or both into the plant genome in antisense orientation. Plant genes encoding senescence-induced deoxyhpusine synthase and senescence-induced elF-5A are identified and the nucleotide sequences of each, aon and in combination are used to modify senescence in transgenic plants