Nucleic acids that control plant development
CA 2406736 A1 · Owner: Fischer, Robert L. · Inventors: Okamuro, Jack Kishiro; Choi, Yeonhee; Tatarinova, Tatiana Valerievna
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This invention relates to a method of modulating seed endosperm, embryo and , seedcoat development flowering time, chromosomal DNA methylation and , transcription in plant by transformation with a gene encoding the Arabidopsis DMT protein (DEMETER, previously known as ATROPOS (ATR)). DMT represses endosperm production and is required for MEDEA transcription. The protein is related to 5-methylcytosine glycosylases and regulates transcription of target genes by demethylation.
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- Filed April 23, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 23, 2021.
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