Glutathione-S-transferase gene from confers abiotic stress tolerance in plants

Patent 7655837 Issued on February 2, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 7, 2026. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

Application

No. 12066302 filed on 09/07/2006

US Classes:

800/295PLANT, SEEDLING, PLANT SEED, OR PLANT PART, PER SE

Examiners

Primary: Kumar, Vinod

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

International Classes

A01H 5/00
C12N 15/82
C12N 5/14
C12N 15/63
C12N 15/84
C12N 15/87
C07H 21/00

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to isolation and characterization of PjGST gene from Prosopis juliflora and a method for producing abiotic stress tolerant transgenic plant, more specifically salt and/or drought stress tolerant plant by expression of the gene in rice, tobacco and other plant species. The present disclosure also provides transformed plant, plant cells, plant tissue, plant part, seed, or progeny thereof with enhanced expression of PjGST gene to confer salt and/or drought stress tolerance.

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