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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:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Michael Thomashow, East Lansing, MI (US);
Sarah Jane Gilmour, Leslie, MI (US);
Cai-Zhong Jiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Fromm, Kensington, CA (US);
Daniel Zarka, Lansing, MI (US);
Kirsten Jaglo-Ottosen, East Lansing, MI (US);
Eric J. Stockinger, Wooster, OH (US);
James Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Volker Haake, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for a non-naturally occurring binding protein comprising an amino acid sequence capable of binding to a CCG regulatory sequence and an amino acid sequence which forms a transcription activation region. In particular the invention comprises a sequence selected from the group consisting of an AP2 domain of SEQ. I.D. Nos. 13, 15, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, and 95. When these proteins are overexpressed in a plant the plant exhibits increased tolerance to environmental stresses such as cold, freezing, drought or high salinity.