Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
Patent
1996-06-05
1999-12-14
Fox, David T.
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
800298, 435 691, 435468, 536 236, 536 241, C12N 1529, C12N 1582, A01H 500
Patent
active
060020695
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a recombinant nucleic acid molecule containing an inducible regulatory element operably linked to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a floral meristem identity gene product such as APETALA1 (AP1), CAULIFLOWER (CAL) or LEAFY (LFY). The invention also provides a transgenic seed plant, such as an angiosperm or gymnosperm, that contains a recombinant nucleic acid molecule of the invention. The invention further provides methods, such as methods of converting shoot meristem to floral meristem in a transgenic angiosperm and methods of promoting early reproductive development in a seed plant, which use a recombinant nucleic acid molecule of the invention. In addition, the invention provides a nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric protein, which contains a nucleic acid molecule encoding a floral meristem identity gene product linked in frame to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a ligand binding domain. The invention also provides a transgenic seed plant, such as an angiosperm or gymnosperm, that contains a nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric protein of the invention. Also provided herein are methods, such as methods of converting shoot meristem to floral meristem in a transgenic angiosperm and methods of promoting early reproductive development in a seed plant, which use a nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric protein of the invention.
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