Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part – per se – Higher plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-13
2009-11-03
Baum, Stuart F. (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part, per se
Higher plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part
C800S278000, C800S287000, C800S290000, C435S320100, C435S419000, C536S023100, C536S023600
Reexamination Certificate
active
07612258
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a gene encoding an ANT-like polypeptide comprising in the N-terminal to C-terminal direction two AP2 DNA binding domains followed in the C-terminal by an amino acid subsequence selected from the group consisting of Xaa-Ser-Ser-Ser-Arg-Glu (SEQ ID NO:25), Xaa-Ser-Asn-Ser-Arg-Glu (SEQ ID NO:26), and Asn-Ser-Ser-Ser-Arg-Asn (SEQ ID NO:27), wherein Xaa is an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of Gly, Ala, Val, Leu, and Ile. Such a gene encoding an ANT-like polypeptide can be over-expressed in a transgenic plant to provide agronomically desired traits based on increased size of selected plant organs.
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Dotson Stanton B.
He Steve Sichuan
Baum Stuart F.
Howrey LLP
Madsen Matthew L.
Monsanto Technology LLC
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