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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Daniel J. Altier, Granger, IA (US);
Virginia C. Crane, Des Moines, IA (US);
Irina Ellanskaya, Kyiv, UA;
Natalia Ellanskaya, Legal Representative, Kyiv, UA;
Jacob T. Gilliam, Norwalk, IA (US);
Jennie Hunter-cevera, Elliott City, MD (US);
James K. Presnail, Avondale, PA (US);
Eric J. Schepers, Port Deposit, MD (US);
Carl R. Simmons, Des Moines, IA (US);
Tamas Torok, Richmond, CA (US);
Nasser Yalpani, Johnston, IA (US);
Daniel J. Altier, Granger, IA (US);
Virginia C. Crane, Des Moines, IA (US);
Irina Ellanskaya, Kyiv, UA;
Natalia Ellanskaya, legal representative, Kyiv, UA;
Jacob T. Gilliam, Norwalk, IA (US);
Jennie Hunter-Cevera, Elliott City, MD (US);
James K. Presnail, Avondale, PA (US);
Eric J. Schepers, Port Deposit, MD (US);
Carl R. Simmons, Des Moines, IA (US);
Tamas Torok, Richmond, CA (US);
Nasser Yalpani, Johnston, IA (US);
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA (US);
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from fungal fermentation broths. Nucleic acids that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the invention in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention are also disclosed.