Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Treatment of micro-organisms or enzymes with electrical or... – Modification of viruses
Patent
1993-07-30
1996-03-12
Fox, David T.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Treatment of micro-organisms or enzymes with electrical or...
Modification of viruses
435 691, 435 701, 800205, 800DIG42, C12N 1500, A01H 104
Patent
active
054985331
ABSTRACT:
A method of controlling growth and development of plants is provided herein. More particularly, a method of controlling growth and development of potato plants by increasing or decreasing the expression of a gene encoding calmodulin is set forth. Transgenic potato plants carrying sense nucleic acid constructs of pPCM-1, a cDNA clone of potato calmodulin, exhibit unexpected increased shoot and tuber growth, whereas plants carrying antisense nucleic acid constructs exhibit decreased shoot and tuber growth.
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An Gynheung H.
Han Tae-Jin
Poovaiah Bachettira W.
Takezawa Daisuke
Fox David T.
McElwain Elizabeth F.
Washington State University Research Foundation
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