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AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorMartin F. Yanofsky
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The present invention provides a substantially purified nucleic acid molecule encoding a Brassica oleracea APETALA1 (AP1) gene product, Brassica oleracea var. botrytis AP1 gene product or a Zea mays AP1 gene product. The invention also provides a substantially purified Brassica oleracea AP1 gene product, a substantially purified Brassica oleracea var. botrytis AP1 gene product or a substantially purified Zea mays AP1 gene product in addition to an antibody that specifically binds such an AP1 gene product. In addtion, the invention provides an expression vector containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a floral meristem identity gene product operably linked to a heterologous regulatory element. Kits for converting shoot meristem to floral meristem in an angiosperm and kits for promoting early reproductive development in a seed plant also are provided.
A substantially purified nucleic acid molecule encoding an AP1 gene product having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
A substantially purified nucleic acid molecule having a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
A substantially purified nucleotide sequence having at least ten contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:7, provided that said nucleotide sequence does not encode a portion of a MADS domain.
An expression vector, comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding an AP1 gene product having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
A plant expression vector, comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding an AP1 gene product having at least about 70 percent amino acid identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.