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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2000
Edmund H. Crane, III, Des Moines, IA (US);
Douglas A. Rice, Des Moines, IA (US);
Carl R. Simmons, Des Moines, IA (US);
John T. Tossberg, Durham, NC (US);
Gary A. Sandahl, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Lingyu Zhang, Johnston, IA (US);
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides isolated NPR1 nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering NPR1 concentration and/or composition of plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants. Additionally, the present invention provides promoter elements capable of initiating constitutive expression in a plant. Further, the present invention provides for methods for screening putative activators of a plant resistance pathway.