PLANTS RESISTANT TO PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS GROWING IN VASCULAR TISSUES

The present invention relates to the generation of transgenic plants resistant to infections caused by microorganisms restricted to the phloem, and it comprises the induction of the expression of a chimeric or fusion protein, which comprises a phloem protein of Citrus aurantifolia (CsPP16), a linker...

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Hauptverfasser: XOCONOSTLE CÁZARES, Beatriz, CHAVARIN PALACIO, Claudio, GUERRA LUPIÁN, Miguel Ángel, TRUJILLO ARRIAGA, Francisco Javier, ZECUA NÁJERA, Rebeca, GÓMEZ FELIPE, Andrea, MORALES GALVÁN, Oscar, LÓPEZ BUENFIL, José Abel, RUÍZ MEDRANO, Roberto
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to the generation of transgenic plants resistant to infections caused by microorganisms restricted to the phloem, and it comprises the induction of the expression of a chimeric or fusion protein, which comprises a phloem protein of Citrus aurantifolia (CsPP16), a linker protein and a protein with antimicrobial activity; for example, with antibacterial activity or antibacterial hydrolytic enzyme. The portion of the fusion protein corresponding to the CsPP16 protein can exert its function of simplasmic movement, which occurs via the plasmodesmata of the plant to reach the phloem sieve tubes, while the antimicrobial portion can act to eliminate the microorganism, which settles in the phloem. The invention allows controlling the disease that causes the citrus yellowing or Huanglongbing (HLB), also applying to the treatment of other diseases caused by bacteria and other microorganisms that settle in the vascular tissue of higher plants. The invention includes the designed molecular vectors carrying and expressing a fusion protein and the transgenic plants obtained with a stable expression of said fusion protein and the transformation method of adult plants, healthy or diseased, to express the chimeric proteins and controlling, e.g., HLB disease. The transformation of diseased plants with the fusion protein is a method to produce healthy shoots free from the microorganism causing the disease; e.g., free from HLB bacteria.