Nucleic acid molecules encoding plant cell cycle proteins and uses therefor

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules designated CCP , nucleic acid molecules which encode novel cell cycle associated polypeptides. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules recombinant , expression vectors containing CCP nucleic acid molecules host cells into , which the expression vectors have been introduced and transgenic plants in , which a CCP gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated CCP proteins, fusion proteins antigenic peptides and anti-, CCP antibodies. Agricultural diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided.