Protein kinases and uses thereof

摘要

Nucleic acid molecules are disclosed that are induced upon pathogen invasion or elicitor treatment. Such molecules are functional in plants, plant tissue and in plant cells for inducible gene expression and altering the disease resistance phenotype of plants. Such molecules are, or are related to, sequences of calcium dependent protein kinase genes. Also disclosed are methods for obtaining transgenic plants containing such nucleic acid molecules and methods for using such molecules. Polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acids are also disclosed herein.