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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:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
George M. Coupland, Norwich, GB;
Robert J. Schaffer, Norwich, GB;
Assignee:
Plant Bioscience Limited, Norwich, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 1/00 ; A01H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 1/00 ; A01H 5/00 ;
Abstract
A flowering characteristic of a plant, particularly the timing of flowering, is controlled by the expression of the Late Elongated Hypocotyl (LHY) gene of,or a mutant, variant, allele, derivative, or homologue thereof. Over-expression may be used to delay flowering in a transgenic plant. The promoter of the gene regulates transcription in accordance with the circadian rhythm and may be used to control expression of genes whose products are only required or desired at certain times of the day.