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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2007
Roberto A. Gaxiola, Tempe, AZ (US);
Gerald R. Fink, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Seth L. Alper, Boston, MA (US);
Roberto A. Gaxiola, Tempe, AZ (US);
Gerald R. Fink, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Seth L. Alper, Boston, MA (US);
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA (US);
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. The present invention also relates to a transgenic plant with increased Pi uptake, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. Also encompassed by the present invention are transgenic progeny and seeds of the transgenic plants described herein. Progeny transgenic plant grown from seed are also described.