Basf Plant Science Gmbh

Metanomics Gmbh

Xi-Qing Wang

Piotr Puzio

Bryan D McKersie

Agnes Chardonnens

Ruoying Chen

Rodrigo Sarria-Millan

Amber Shirley

Gunnar Plesch

Nocha Van Thielen

Oswaldo Da Costa E Silva

Ralf Looser

Damian Allen

Marcus Ebneth

Lori V Mills

Birgit Wendel

Astrid Blau

Beate Kamlage

Oliver Schmitz

Chen Ruoying

Bryan Mckersie

This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that are associated with abiotic stress responses and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. This invention further relates to transformed plant cells with altered metabolic activity compared to a corresponding non transformed wild type plant cell, wherein the metabolic activity is altered by transformation with a Stress-Related Protein (SRP) coding nucleic acid and results in increased tolerance and/or resistance to an environmental stress as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell.

Nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins associated with abiotic stress response and plant cells with increased tolerance to environmental stress

The present invention relates to a process for the production of fine chemicals in a microorganism, a plant cell, a plant, a plant tissue or parts thereof by increasing or generating the biological activity of a ras-Like GTPase or the homologues thereof and growing the organism under conditions which permit the production of the fine chemicals in the organism. Preferred fine chemicals produced by the present invention include amino acids, carbohydrates, vitamins, fatty acids, and carotenoids.

Process for the production of fine chemicals

Nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins associated with abiotic stress response and plant cells and plants with increased tolerance to environmental stress

A method for preparing a nonhuman organism with faster growth and/or increased yield in comparison with a reference organism, which method comprises increasing the activity of L450 in said organism or in one or parts thereof in comparison with a reference organism.

Preparation of organisms with faster growth and/or higher yield

A transgenic plant transformed by a Vesicle Trafficking Stress-Related Polypeptide (VTSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in the plant's increased growth and/or increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated VTSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding VTSRPs and vectors and host cells containing the latter.

Vesicle trafficking stress-related polypeptides and methods of use in plants

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Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

Xi-Qing Wang