MUTATED EIF4E SEQUENCES FROM POTATO WHICH ARE USEFUL IN IMPARTING VIRUS RESISTANCE

摘要

A nucleic acid molecule encoding a mutant form of wild-type translation initiation factor elF4E is disclosed A mutation comprising one or more of I70N, I70E, L82R, DI12N, L48F, S68K, A77D or MI09I in SEQ ID NO 1 imparts virus resistance to potato Nucleic acid constructs, expression vectors, cells, plants, and plant seeds containing the nucleic acid sequence are also disclosed, as are methods of imparting virus resistance to plants