Genes regulating circadian clock function and photoperiodism

US6903192B2 · 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: Nov 21, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2005
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

Nucleic acid molecules that encode plant proteins involved in photoperiodism and circadian rhythms are disclosed. These molecules may be introduced into plants in order to alter the photoperiodic and/or circadian clock-based gene expression of the plants.