Abstract: Disclosed is a new plant resistance gene family, the members of which encode plant resistance polypeptides having P-loop and LRR structural motifs. Also disclosed are substantially pure plant DNAs encoding such polypeptides. The invention further involves transgenic plants and transformed host cells that express these DNAs and exhibit enhanced disease resistance to plant pathogens.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 29, 1997
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2000
Assignees:
The General Hospital Corporation, The Regents of the University of California
Inventors:
Frederick Michael Ausubel, Brian J. Staskawicz, Andrew F. Bent, Douglas Dahlbeck, Fumiaki Katagiri, Barbara N. Kunkel, Michael Nicholas Mindrinos, Guo-Liang Yu