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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. 26, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter W Doerner, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher J Lamb, Edinburgh, GB;
Adan Colon-Carmona, Davis, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800290 ; 800278 ; 800295 ; 800298 ; 536 241 ; 536 236 ; 435419 ; 4351723 ; 435468 ;
Abstract
Provided is a method of producing a genetically modified plant characterized as having increased growth and yield as compared to a corresponding wild-type plant comprising increasing the level of cyclin expression in the plant. The methods include providing a modified nucleic acid regulatory sequence from cycB1a;At resulting in increased gene transcription and expression. Also provided are modified nucleic acid regulatory sequences. Genetically modified plants characterized as having increased growth and yield are also provided.