Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modified phenotype characteristics in plants

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A method of modulating the level of low-nitrogen tolerance in a plant, said method comprising introducing into a plant cell an exogenous nucleic acid molecule, said exogenous nucleic acid molecule comprising a regulatory region operably linked to a nucleotide sequence, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises a polynucleotide sequence having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:612, or wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:613, and wherein a tissue of a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in the level of low-nitrogen tolerance as compared to the corresponding level of low-nitrogen tolerance of a control plant that does not comprise said exogenous nucleic acid molecule.

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A plant cell comprising an exogenous nucleic acid molecule, said exogenous nucleic acid molecule comprising a regulatory region operably linked to a nucleotide sequence, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises a polynucleotide sequence having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:612, or wherein the poly nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:613, and wherein said plant cell has a difference in the level of low-nitrogen tolerance as compared to the corresponding level of low-nitrogen tolerance of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid molecule.

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The plant cell of claim 11, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:612