“Methods of using leci transcriptional activator nucleic acids”

US7220894B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. · US
• E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Keith Lowe · Johnston, US
• William J. Gordon-Kamm · Urbandale, US
• Theodore M. Klein · Wilmington, US
• Sonriza Rasco-Gaunt · Wilmington, US
• Xifan Sun · Urbandale, US
• George J. Hoerster · Des Moines, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2003
• Grant date: May 22, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 25, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention provides methods of transforming plants and plant cells including recalcitrant cells with isolated nucleic acids encoding LEC1 transcriptional activators to induce transformation or regeneration efficiency, apomixis or somatic embryogenesis.