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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
James R. Alfano, Lincoln, NE (US);
Alan Collmer, Ithaca, NY (US);
Samuel W. Cartinhour, Ithaca, NY (US);
David J. Schneider, Trumansburg, NY (US);
James R. Alfano, Lincoln, NE (US);
Alan Collmer, Ithaca, NY (US);
Samuel W. Cartinhour, Ithaca, NY (US);
David J. Schneider, Trumansburg, NY (US);
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding avirulence proteins or polypeptides ofpv.DC 3000, or nucleic acid molecules which are complementary thereto. Expression vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants which include the DNA molecules of the present invention are also disclosed. Another aspect relates to the isolated proteins or polypeptides and compositions containing the same. The various nucleic acid molecules and proteins of the present invention can be used to impart disease resistance to a plant, make a plant hypersusceptible to colonization by nonpathogenic bacteria, modify a metabolic pathway in a cell, cause eukaryotic cell death and treat a cancerous condition, as well as inhibit programmed cell death.