Patent ID: 7091397
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
1. An isolated transgenic plant cell comprising a foreign nucleic acid molecule stably integrated into the genome, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having the enzymatic activity of an RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RdRP), selected from the group consisting of: (1) a nucleic acid molecule coding for a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (2) a nucleic acid molecule comprising the coding region of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and (3) a nucleic acid molecule that specifically hybridizes to a complementary strand of the nucleic acid molecule as defined in (1) or (2) in 0.25 M NaHPO wherein said nucleic acid molecule is linked to regulatory elements such that the nucleic acid is expressed in plant cells.