Nucleic acid encoding the arabidopsis ELF3 protein and a method of using it to alter photoperiod in plants

US6689940B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon · US

Inventors

• Ry Wagner · Eugene, US
• Karen A. Hicks · Springfield, US
• Michelle Spence · Silverdale, US
• Henriette Foss · Eugene, US
• Xiang Liu · Eugene, US
• Michael F. Covington · Oakland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 10, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/146
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The nucleic acid that encodes the Arabidopsis ELF3 protein, which is involved in photoperiodism and circadian rhythms, is disclosed. This nucleic acid may be introduced into plants in order to alter the photoperiodic and/or circadian clock-based gene expression of the plants.