Patent ID: 9206400
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method for modulating the salinity tolerance of a plant cell the method comprising: modulating the expression of a CIPK16 polypeptide in the plant cell by introducing into said plant cell a construct comprising a sequence encoding SEQ ID NO: 34 operably linked to a promoter or by introducing into said plant cell an antisense construct comprising a sequence directed against a gene encoding SEQ ID NO: 34; applying a salinity stress to the plant cell; and comparing expression of the CIPK16 polypeptide in the plant cell with expression of the CIPK16 polypeptide in a wild-type form of the plant cell under the salinity stress; wherein modulated expression of the CIPK16 polypeptide in the plant cell compared to the expression of the CIPK16 polypeptide in the wild-type form of the plant cell identifies the plant cell as a plant cell with modulated salinity tolerance, thereby confirming modulation of the salinity tolerance of the plant cell.