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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
William J. Lucas, Davis, CA (US);
Byung-chun Yoo, Newark, DE (US);
Tony J. Lough, Auckland, NZ;
Erika Varkonyi-gasic, Auckland, NZ;
William J. Lucas, Davis, CA (US);
Byung-Chun Yoo, Newark, DE (US);
Tony J. Lough, Auckland, NZ;
Erika Varkonyi-Gasic, Auckland, NZ;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Agrigenesis Biosciences Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a polynucleotide sequence encoding a component of the protein machinery involved in small RNA trafficking,phloem small RNA-binding protein (CmPSRB 1), and the corresponding polypeptide sequence. The invention also provides genetic constructs and transgenic plants comprising the polynucleotide sequence encoding a phloem small RNA-binding protein to alter (e.g., prevent, reduce or elevate) non-cell autonomous signaling events in the plants involving small RNA metabolism. These signaling events are involved in a broad spectrum of plant physiological and biochemical processes, including, for example, systemic resistance to pathogens, responses to environmental stresses, e.g., heat, drought, salinity, and systemic gene silencing (e.g., viral infections).