Patent ID: 7807869
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing the resistance of a plant to root pathogenic oomycetes comprising cultivating a transgenic plant selected from the group consisting of fruit trees, ornamental plants, and vegetables, the transgenic plant containing transformed plant cells, the transformed plant cells including a DNA construct encoding a gastrodianin protein in a sense orientation, the gastrodianin protein selected from the group consisting of GAFP-VNF protein, GAFP-VGM protein, GAFP-MGM protein, and GAFP-MNF protein, wherein the transgenic plant has been transformed from the wild-type plant so as to express the gastrodianin protein, and wherein the transgenic plant exhibits increased resistance to pathogenic oomycetes as compared to the same type of plant that does not express the gastrodianin protein.