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Method and means for modulating plant cell cycle proteins and their use in plant cell growth control

US7825295B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CropDesign N.V. · BE

Inventors

Dirk Inze · Aalst, BE
Gerda Segers · Evergem, BE
Lieven De Veylder · Aalst, BE
Vladimir Mironov · Evergem, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 26, 2007
Grant date	Nov 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A40/146
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for modulating endoreduplication in a plant, plant part, or plant cell. The method comprises the steps of introduction and expression of a nucleotide sequence encoding the CDC2bAt cyclin dependent kinase gene disclosed in database accession number X57840 or said CDC2bAt cyclin dependent kinase gene having the Asp residue at position 161 replaced with an Asn residue, under the control of a promoter which functions in a plant.

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