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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2009
Applicants:
William B. Allen, Des Moines, IA (US);
BO Shen, Johnston, IA (US);
Peizhong Zheng, Westfield, IN (US);
Inventors:
William B. Allen, Des Moines, IA (US);
Bo Shen, Johnston, IA (US);
Peizhong Zheng, Westfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc, Johnston, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods are provided for altering plant characteristics by introducing into plants, isolated nucleic acid molecules that can be used to produce transgenic plants characterized by altered oil levels within the seed. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids that encode AP2 domain transcription factor proteins and fragments thereof, vectors capable of expressing such nucleic acid molecules, host cells containing such vectors, and polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acids.