| Document type: | Patente |
| Inventor(s): | Marcelo Menossi Teixeira; Carolina Gimiliani Lembke; Glaucia Mendes Souza; Isabella de Oliveira Conte Poletto; Vanessa Regina Gonçalves |
| Applicant: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) ; Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| Deposit date: | December 2017, 19 |
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| IPC: | C12N 15/29 C12N 15/82 A01H 1/00 A01H 5/00 |
(EN) The present invention describes a method for increasing the tolerance of plants to drought, which is imparted by overexpression of the gene ScbHLH47, which is homologous to the gene AtbHLH4 7 of Arabidopsisthaliana. Furthermore, the invention can be extended to the homologous genes of other plant species. Furthermore, the invention relates to the transgenic plants produced, comprising the sugarcane ScbHLH47 polynucleotide sequence.
| FAPESP's process: | 14/22442-8 - Molecular characterization of the gene ScbHLH47 of sugar cane |
| Grantee: | Isabella de Oliveira Conte Poletto |
| Principal Investigator: | Marcelo Menossi Teixeira |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia (IB) |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |