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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2005
Akiyo Yamada, Fuchu, JP;
Yoshihiro Ozeki, Fuchu, JP;
Satoko Akatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is intended to provide a gene encoding a protein having an activity of improving a tolerance to an environmental stress such as salt, moisture, or heat stress, in particular, a tolerance to water stress; a protein having an activity of improving a tolerance to an environmental stress; a transgenic plant having an enhanced tolerance to an environmental stress, and so on. A halophyte, which has a strong activity of improving a tolerance to water stress and can grow even in a dry area with much salt accumulation, was used to search genes participating in the salt tolerance ofby a functional screening method using angene expression system, with the aim of isolating genes (cDNAs) participating in the salt-tolerance mechanism of. As a result, it was found out that an arabinogalactan protein consisting of 427 amino acids and having partial homology to a Fasciclin-like arabinogalactan protein ofhas a function of enhancing salt tolerance, water stress tolerance (sorbitol tolerance), and heat tolerance.