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Nucleotide sequences encoding fasciated EAR4 (FEA4) and methods of use thereof

US9850495B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · US
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. · US

Inventors

Stephen M. Allen · Chandler, US
David Jackson · Santa Clarita, US
Mai Komatsu · Wilmington, US
Michael Pautler · Cold Spring Harbor, US
Hajime Sakai · Newark, US
Erik Vollbrecht · Ames, US
Rebecca Weeks · Saraland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2034

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 Fea4 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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