Cen gene and a method for delaying flowering
US6573430B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A40/146
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The cen gene of Antirrhinum has been cloned also homologues from Arabidopsis (tfl1) and rice. Flowering characteristics of transgenic plants, especially switching of apical meristem to a floral fate and the timing of flowering, may be manipulated by regulating gene expression. The promoter of the cen gene may be used to drive tissue-specific expression, specifically in the apical meristem of plants.
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