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Soybean homolog of seed-specific transcription activator from Phaseolus vulgaris

US6252137A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 3, 1998
Grant dateJun 26, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 3, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K14/415
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding all or a substantial portion of a soybean homolog of the Phaseolus vulgaris PvAlf transcription activator. The invention also relates to the construction of chimeric genes encoding all or a portion of a soybean homolog of the Phaseolus vulgaris PvAlf transcription activator, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of a plant homolog of the Phaseolus vulgaris PvAlf transcription activator in a transformed host cell. The invention also relates to targeting of the soybean homolog of the Phaseolus vulgaris PvAlf transcription activator to a novel promoter region by the addition of either a DNA-binding domain or a protein-protein interaction domain, thus leading to a higher level of gene expression.

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