Methods for altering organ mass in plants
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California Office of Technology Transfer
InventorsRobert L. Fischer, Yukiko Mizukami
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Abstract
The invention provides methods of altering organ mass, controlling fertility and enhancing asexual reproduction in plants through the modulation of plant growth and cell proliferation. The methods involve producing transgenic plants comprising a recombinant expression cassette containing a modified ANT nucleic acid linked to a plant promoter.
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A method of increasing cell proliferation in a plant, the method comprising introducing into the plant an expression cassette containing a plant promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid encoding a modified ANT polypeptide comprising an ANT AP2 domain;
- and selecting plants with increased size or mass.
A method of decreasing cell proliferation in a plant, the method comprising introducing into the plant an expression cassette containing a plant promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid which is at least 80% identical to a ANT nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
- 26-42;
- and selecting plants with decreased size or mass.
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