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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:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8262 (2013.01); A01H 5/10 (2013.01); C07K 14/415 (2013.01); C12N 15/8245 (2013.01); C12N 15/8261 (2013.01); C12N 15/8279 (2013.01);
Abstract
Novel crop grain filling genes (GIF1) and the applications thereof are presented in the invention. The GIF1 genes can be applied to control grain filling, enhance crop yield or quality, or improve disease resistance or storage stability of crop grains. A method for improving crops is also presented in the invention. The GIF1 genes shows valuable potentials in controlling crop yield, quality, storage, and resistance to diseases.