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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Applicants:
Keiko Sakakibara, Muko, JP;
Yuko Fukui, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Otsu, JP;
Takaaki Kusumi, Suita, JP;
Masako Mizutani, Kyoto, JP;
Toru Nakayama, Sendai, JP;
Inventors:
Keiko Sakakibara, Muko, JP;
Yuko Fukui, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Otsu, JP;
Takaaki Kusumi, Suita, JP;
Masako Mizutani, Kyoto, JP;
Toru Nakayama, Sendai, JP;
Assignees:
Suntory Flowers Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Suntory Limited, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a protein having aurone synthase activity involved in the color of flowers such as snapdragons, a gene that encodes it, cDNA in particular, and its applications. This gene can give yellow color to the flowers of plants by introducing into plants deficient in chalcone isomerase and so forth and expressing.