Modulating plant nitrogen levels
AssigneeCeres, Inc.
InventorsRichard Schneeberger, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Joon-Hyun Park, Boris Jankowski, Steven Bobzin
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Abstract
Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) nitrogen levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding nitrogen-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Plants and plant products having increased nitrogen levels are also disclosed.
Claims12
A method of modulating the level of nitrogen in a plant, said method comprising introducing into a plant cell an isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NOs:4-18, and the consensus sequence set forth in FIG. 1, wherein a tissue of a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in the level of nitrogen as compared to the corresponding level in tissue of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.
A method of producing a plant tissue, said method comprising growing a plant cell comprising an isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NOs:4-18, and the consensus sequence set forth in FIG. 1, wherein said tissue has a difference in the level of nitrogen as compared to the corresponding level in tissue of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.
A plant cell comprising an isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NOs:4-18, and the consensus sequence set forth in FIG. 1, wherein a tissue of a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in the level of nitrogen as compared to the corresponding level in tissue of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.
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