Ku80 homologue and uses thereof
AssigneePioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
InventorPramod B. Mahajan
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Abstract
The invention provides isolated Ku80 nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering Ku80 levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
Claims24
An isolated polypeptide comprising at least 80% sequence identity to a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2;
- wherein the percent sequence identity is determined over the entire length of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 using GAP alignment under default parameters, and wherein the isolated polypeptide has at least one Ku80 activity.
An isolated polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, wherein the isolated polypeptide has at least one Ku80 activity.
An isolated polypeptide comprising at least 20 contiguous amino acids of a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2.
An isolated polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2, wherein the isolated polypeptide has at least one Ku80 activity.
An isolated polypeptide wherein:
- (a) the polypeptide comprises at least 20 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO:
- 2;
- (b) the polypeptide, when presented as an immunogen, elicits the production of an antibody which specifically binds to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2;
- and
- (c) the polypeptide does not bind to antisera raised against the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 after the antisera has been fully immunosorbed with the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.