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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Junrui Zhang, Madison, WI (US);
Richard David Vierstra, Madison, WI (US);
Robert Joseph Stankey, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8269 (2013.01); C07K 14/415 (2013.01); C12N 15/8261 (2013.01);
Abstract
Polynucleotides encoding polypeptides that increase the light sensitivity of plants were identified. Introduction of the polynucleotides into plants produces plants having altered characteristics, such as decreased height, decreased diameter, decreased petiole length, decreased internode length, decreased hypocotyl length, increased hyponasty or enhanced germination.