Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-21
2009-08-25
Worley, Cathy Kingdon (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
Reexamination Certificate
active
07579518
ABSTRACT:
The present invention concerns a method for improving the growth characteristics of plants by introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding a small subunit ribosomal (S3a) protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having introduced therein a nucleic acid encoding an S3a protein, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants. The improved growth characteristics are particularly increased seed yield compared to corresponding wild type plants, in particularly increased number of filled seeds, increased total seed weight, increased harvest index and increased thousand kernel weight. The present invention also concerns constructs useful in the methods of the invention.
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Dudits Denes
Feher Attila
Frankard Valerie
Cropdesign N.V.
Kingdon Worley Cathy
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
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