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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J. Lucas, Davis, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ;
Abstract
Methods and mechanisms for regulation of macromolecular transport between cells in plasmodesmatal communication with one another are disclosed. Nuclear acids encoding tobacco mosaic virus movement protein (TMV-MP) in wild type and mutant forms is shown and used to affect plant size, carbon metabolism and biomass partitioning in transgeric plants.