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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Detlef Weigel, Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800205 ; 800250 ; 435 691 ; 4351723 ; 4353201 ; 435419 ; 536 236 ; 536 241 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a genetically modified plant and a method for producing such a plant characterized as having modulated flower meristem development. As an illustrative example, the invention provides genetically modified tobacco and aspen plants characterized as having early floral meristem development and comprising a structural gene encoding the LEAFY protein in its genome.