US 7,485,775 B2
Transcription factor stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants
Oswaldo da Costa e Silva, Cary, N.C. (US); Nocha van Thielen, Chapel Hill, N.C. (US); and Ruoying Chen, Apex, N.C. (US)
Assigned to BASF Plant Science GmbH, (Germany)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/564,883.
Application 11/564883 is a division of application No. 10/168846, granted, now 7,164,057, previously published as PCT/US00/34972, filed on Dec. 22, 2000.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/171745, filed on Dec. 22, 1999.
Prior Publication US 2007/0157343 A1, Jul. 05, 2007
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 15/29 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 800—289  [435/419; 435/468; 800/298; 536/23.6] 17 Claims
 
16. A method of producing a drought-tolerant transgenic plant, the method comprising the steps of:
a) transforming a plant cell with an expression vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:18;
b) growing the transformed plant cell to generate transgenic plants; and
c) screening the transgenic plants generated in step b) to identify a transgenic plant that expresses the polypeptide and exhibits increased tolerance to drought stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant.