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Nucleotide sequences encoding fasciated EAR3 (FEA3) and methods of use thereof

US9701979B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

E I DU PONT DE NUMOURS AND COMPANY COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · US

Inventors

Stephen M. Allen · Chandler, US
David Jackson · Santa Clarita, US
Byoung Il Je · Oyster Bay, US
Mai Komatsu · Wilmington, US
Young Koung Lee · Huntington, US
Hajime Sakai · Newark, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2013
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of fea3 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.

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