	US 11,859,194 B2
	Compositions and methods useful for the regulation of abiotic stress responses in higher plants
David Stern, Burdett, NY (US); Coralie Evelyn Salesse-Smith, Newfield, NY (US); and Leila Feiz, Ithaca, NY (US)
Assigned to Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US)
Filed by Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/371,185.
Application 15/371,185 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2015/034430, filed on Jun. 5, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/008,913, filed on Jun. 6, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2017/0081678 A1, Mar. 23, 2017
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01); C12N 9/88 (2006.01)

CPC C12N 15/8271 (2013.01) [C07K 14/415 (2013.01); C12N 9/88 (2013.01); C12N 15/8251 (2013.01); C12N 15/8261 (2013.01); C12N 15/8269 (2013.01); C12N 15/8273 (2013.01); C12Y 207/00 (2013.01); C12Y 401/01039 (2013.01)]

6 Claims

1. A transgenic C4 plant comprising heterologous, recombinant nucleic acids for over-expressing rubisco small subunit (SS), rubisco large subunit (LS), and ribulose-1,5-Bis-Phosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Accumulation Factor1 (RAF1), over expression of said SS, LS and RAF1 increasing holoenzyme accumulation, said plant exhibiting increased rubisco content, increased photosynthetic rate, increased biomass and enhanced resistance to abiotic stress when compared to plants lacking said heterologous nucleic acids.