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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yuko Ohashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Shigemi Seo, Tsukuba, JP;
Assignee:
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/10 ; A01H 1/00 ; A01H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/10 ; A01H 1/00 ; A01H 5/00 ;
Abstract
A method for regulating cell death in a plant, includes the steps of: transforming a plant cell with a polynucleotide containing a gene encoding DS9 or a homologue thereof or a part of the gene; and redifferentiating the transgenic plant cell to obtain a plant. The DS9 or the homologue thereof is an ATP-dependent Zn-type metalloprotease. The polynucleotide decreases or increases production of the ATP-dependent Zn-type metalloprotease in the plant cell, whereby cell death of a cell in the plant is promoted or suppressed.