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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
George Wagner, Wilmore, KY (US);
Ryan Shepherd, Berkeley, CA (US);
George Wagner, Wilmore, KY (US);
Ryan Shepherd, Berkeley, CA (US);
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to plant proteins produced by a plant's epidermal layer that contribute to the innate pest/disease resistance of the plant ('phylloplanins'), compositions comprising the phylloplanins and methods of using them. In particular the methods relate to inhibiting or preventing microbial, e.g., fungal or bacterial, growth on a subject, organism or surface by administering a phylloplanin. The invention also relates to transformed host cells that produce phylloplanins, and to transgenic plants producing phylloplanins conferring increased resistance to microbial infections/growth.