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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2005
Ada Zamir, Rehovot, IL;
Irena Gokhman, Rehovot, IL;
Eli Khayat, Western Galilee, IL;
Nataly Vinikur, Nahariya, IL;
Orna Livneh, Rehovot, IL;
Avi Gabai, Vardon, IL;
Ada Zamir, Rehovot, IL;
Irena Gokhman, Rehovot, IL;
Eli Khayat, Western Galilee, IL;
Nataly Vinikur, Nahariya, IL;
Orna Livneh, Rehovot, IL;
Avi Gabai, Vardon, IL;
Hazera Genetics Ltd., Shikim, IL;
Rahan Meristem (1998) Ltd., Rosh Hanikra, IL;
Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd. at The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, IL;
Abstract
The present invention provides transgenic plants transformed with exogenous nucleic acid encoding asalt-inducible or salt-responsive protein selected from the group consisting of eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (eIF3) subunit, NADPH dependent quinone reductase (QOR), aldo-keto reductase (AKR), bifunctional aspartate kinase-homoserine reductase (AK-HSD) and mitochondrial import membrane translocase subunit (TIM9), or a fragment, homolog or variant thereof. The transgenic plants have increased tolerance to salt as compared to corresponding non-transgenic plants. The present invention further provides nucleic acids, constructs and vectors encoding thesalt-inducible or otherwise salt-responsive proteins, and to a method of producing transgenic plants having an increased tolerance to salt, a method of modifying plant capacity to survive salt shock, and a method of modifying plant recovery after exposure to salt stress, by introducing the nucleic acids, constructs and/or vectors into one or more cells of the plant.