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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2004
Jong Seob Lee, Seoul, KR;
Yun Hee Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Eun Kyung Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
SO Yeon Yoo, Hanam-si, KR;
Ji Hoon Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Yang DO Choi, Seoul, KR;
Jong Seob Lee, Seoul, KR;
Yun Hee Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Eun kyung Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
So Yeon Yoo, Hanam-si, KR;
Ji Hoon Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Yang Do Choi, Seoul, KR;
Seoul National University Industry Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a gene controlling the flowering time of plants, and a method for manipulating the flowering time of plants using the gene. More particularly, the present invention relates to a LOV1 gene controlling the flowering time of plants, which is isolated from, and also to a method for either delaying the flowering time of plants by overexpressing the LOV1 gene in the plants, or inducing the early flowering of the plants by repressing the expression of the LOV1 gene in the plants.