US 12,163,140 B2
Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated growth rate and biomass in plants grown in saline conditions
Fasong Zhou, Oxnard, CA (US); Kenneth A. Feldmann, Tucson, AZ (US); and Julissa Sosa, Northridge, CA (US)
Assigned to Ceres, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by CERES, INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,560.
Application 18/495,560 is a division of application No. 17/831,156, filed on Jun. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,840,699.
Application 17/831,156 is a division of application No. 17/002,713, filed on Aug. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,421,245, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Application 17/002,713 is a division of application No. 16/554,199, filed on Aug. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,968,461, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/554,199 is a division of application No. 16/275,537, filed on Feb. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,428,346, issued on Oct. 1, 2019.
Application 16/275,537 is a division of application No. 15/487,287, filed on Apr. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,233,460, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Application 15/487,287 is a division of application No. 13/663,204, filed on Oct. 29, 2012, granted, now 9,637,756, issued on May 2, 2017.
Application 13/663,204 is a division of application No. 12/282,342, granted, now 8,324,454, issued on Dec. 4, 2012, previously published as PCT/US2007/006544, filed on Mar. 14, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/782,735, filed on Mar. 14, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2024/0102041 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A23K 10/30 (2016.01); A23L 19/00 (2016.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01); C12N 9/88 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8273 (2013.01) [A23K 10/30 (2016.05); A23L 19/00 (2016.08); C07K 14/415 (2013.01); C12N 9/88 (2013.01); C12N 15/8261 (2013.01); C12Y 208/02015 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); Y02A 40/146 (2018.01)] 15 Claims
 
1. A plant cell transformed with a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, wherein the recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprises a promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid, wherein the promoter and the nucleic acid are heterologous to each other, wherein said nucleic acid comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of:
(a) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protein comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 95% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 106;
(b) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protein that comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 106;
(c) a nucleotide sequence comprising the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:105, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes the protein as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6; and
(d) a nucleotide sequence comprising a polynucleotide sequence that has at least 95% nucleotide sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:105 and encodes a protein having the functional activity of SEQ ID NO: 6, and
wherein a transformed plant produced from said transformed plant cell expresses said protein of parts (a), (b), (c) or (d) and exhibits increased salt tolerance as compared to a control plant of the same species that does not comprise said recombinant nucleic acid and is grown under identical growth conditions.