Gene encoding protein having aurone synthesizing activity
US6982325B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P17/04
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides a protein having aurone synthase activity involved in the color of flowers such as snapdragons, a gene that encodes it, cDNA in particular, and its applications. This gene can give yellow color to the flowers of plants by introducing into plants deficient in chalcone isomerase and so forth and expressing.
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