US Patent Issued on Jan. 13 for "R gene for controlling matching of soybean-rhizobium, protein and use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,840, issued on Jan. 13.

"R gene for controlling matching of soybean-rhizobium, protein and use thereof" was invented by Xuelu Wang (Kaifeng, China), Bao Zhang (Kaifeng, China) and Youguo Li (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A R gene is arranged for controlling soybean-rhizobia compatibility, wherein the GmNNL1 gene of the gene sequence in Hengfeng black bean of the soybean products is shown in SEQ ID NO. 2, and the encoded amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO. 3. The soybean R gene GmNNL1 is an effective gene that is able to regulate the nodule number of specific rhizobia on soybean, and to regulate the nodule number ...