Monsanto Technology LLC

University of Kentucky Research Foundation

Santanu Dasgupta

Shoba Cherian

Targolli L Jayaprakash

Stanton B Dotson

Thomas Gene Ruff

Carolyn J Thai

Kottaram Krishnadas Narayanan

Targolli L Jayprakash

Wei Wu

Kunsheng Wu

Brendan S Hinchey

Christopher Eric Lawrence

Qingshun Li

Glenn B Collins

Arthur G Hunt

The present invention provides a method and DNA molecules that when expressed in a plant produces transgenic plants with improved abiotic stress tolerance. The invention includes plant expression vectors comprising the DNA molecules, and plants containing such DNA molecules.

Stress tolerant plants and methods thereof

The present invention provides chimeric regulatory elements constructed from gene regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from thegenes fructose 1-6 bisphosphate aldolase (FDA), pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK), or ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activase (RUA), useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds comprising the chimeric gene regulatory molecules, and methods for preparing and using the same.

Chimeric regulatory elements for gene expression in leaf mesophyll and bundle sheath cells

The present invention provides gene regulatory element polynucleotide molecules, including a promoter and a leader, identified from the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activase (RUA)gene, useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds comprising thegene regulatory molecules, and methods for preparing and using the same.

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The present invention provides DNA molecules isolated fromplants and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the DNA molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the DNA molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants.

Promoter molecules for use in plants

An isolated gene fragment that encodes for acetate kinase, which confers disease resistance in plants is disclosed. The gene can be cloned into an expression vector to produce a recombinant DNA expression system suitable for insertion into cells to form a transgenic plant transformed with the gene fragment. A method for conferring disease resistance in plants that consists of growing plant host cells transformed with the expression system and expressing the gene conferring disease resistance to impart such resistance to host cells is also disclosed.

Use of bacterial acetate kinase and their genes for protection of plants against different pathogens

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Bengaluru, India

Santanu Dasgupta