Nucleic acid molecules associated with plant cell proliferation and growth and uses thereof
AssigneeMonsanto Technology LLC
InventorsSteve He, Stanton Dotson
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Abstract
The present invention provides a gene encoding ANT-like polypeptide comprising in the N-terminal to C-terminal direction two AP2 DNA binding domains followed in the C-terminal by an amino acid subsequence selected from the group consisting of Xaa-Ser-Ser-Ser-Arg-Glu, Xaa-Ser-Asn-Ser-Arg-Glu, and Asn-Ser-Ser-Ser-Arg-Asn, wherein Xaa is an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of Gly, Ala, Val, Leu, and Ile. Such gene encoding ANT-like polypeptide can be over-expressed in a transgenic plant to provide agronomically desired traits based on increased size of selected plant organs.
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A recombinant DNA molecule that comprises, in the 5′ to 3′ direction:
- (a) a first DNA polynucleotide that comprises a promoter that functions in plants, operably linked to;
- (b) a second DNA polynucleotide that encodes an ANT protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6 or SEQ ID NO:9, operably linked to;
- (c) a 3′ transcription termination DNA polynucleotide;
- wherein said first DNA polynucleotide is heterologous to said second DNA polynucleotide.
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A recombinant DNA molecule that comprises, in the 5′ to 3′ direction:
- (a) a first DNA polynucleotide that comprises a promoter that functions in plants, operably linked to;
- (b) a second DNA polynucleotide that encodes an ANT protein having two AP2 DNA binding domains and at least 60% amino acid identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:6 or SEQ ID NO:9, operably linked to;
- (c) a 3′ transcription termination DNA polynucleotide;
- wherein said first DNA polynucleotide is heterologous to said second DNA polynucleotide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.