Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-24
2011-05-24
Collins, Cynthia (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
C435S419000, C800S284000, C800S314000
Reexamination Certificate
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07947875
ABSTRACT:
Methods and means are provided for modulating fiber length in fiber producing plants such as cotton by altering the fiber elongation phase. The fiber elongation phase may be increased or decreased by interfering with callose deposition in plasmodesmata at the base of the fiber cells.
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Furbank Robert T.
Ruan Yong Ling
Buchanan & Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Collins Cynthia
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
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