Eija Pehu - Helsinki, FI Tuula Pehu - College Station TX Tuula Maki-Valkama - Helsinki, FI Jari Valkonen - Helsinki, FI Kimmo Koivu - Helsinki, FI Kirsi Lehto - Kaarina, FI
Assignee:
Helsinki University Licensing Ltd. Oy - Helsinki
International Classification:
C12N 1500 C12N 514 A01H 104 C07H 2104
US Classification:
435418
Abstract:
Provided are transgenic plants with resistance to viral infection polynucleotides and methods for conferring such resistance, and methods for producing the transgenic plants. Plants transformed with a nucleotide sequence encoding a P1 protein of potato virus Y result in plants having increased resistance to infection by potato virus Y.