Global Patent Index - EP 1613754 A2

EP 1613754 A2 20060111 - MODULATION OF CYTOKININ ACTIVITY IN PLANTS

Title (en)

MODULATION OF CYTOKININ ACTIVITY IN PLANTS

Title (de)

MODULATION DER CYTOKININAKTIVITÄT IN PFLANZEN

Title (fr)

MODULATION DE L'ACTIVITE DES CYTOKININES DANS LES PLANTES

Publication

EP 1613754 A2 20060111 (EN)

Application

EP 04749636 A 20040402

Priority

  • US 2004010064 W 20040402
  • US 46071803 P 20030404

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2004090143A2] This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporally- and/or spatially-regulated expression of genes that affect metabolically effective levels of cytokinins in plants, particularly in plant seeds and related female reproductive tissue. This invention further relates to transgenic plants having enhanced levels of cytokinin expression wherein the transgenic plant exhibits useful characteristics, such as improved seed size, decreased tip kernel abortion, increased seed set during unfavorable environmental conditions, or stability of yield. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions comprise novel nucleotide sequences for seed-preferred promoters known as eep1 and eep2. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.

IPC 1-7

C12N 15/82; A01H 5/00; C12N 15/29; C12N 5/10; C12N 9/10

IPC 8 full level

C12N 9/06 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C12N 9/0032 (2013.01); C12N 9/1085 (2013.01); C12N 15/8234 (2013.01); C12N 15/8261 (2013.01); Y02A 40/146 (2017.12)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2004090143A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2004090143 A2 20041021; WO 2004090143 A3 20050512; AR 045420 A1 20051026; AU 2004227360 A1 20041021; AU 2004227360 B2 20090528; BR PI0409178 A 20060502; CA 2521497 A1 20041021; CA 2521497 C 20121127; CN 101220357 A 20080716; CN 101220358 A 20080716; CN 1798843 A 20060705; EP 1613754 A2 20060111; NZ 543070 A 20081031; ZA 200508006 B 20070131

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2004010064 W 20040402; AR P040101154 A 20040406; AU 2004227360 A 20040402; BR PI0409178 A 20040402; CA 2521497 A 20040402; CN 200480015535 A 20040402; CN 200810008992 A 20040402; CN 200810008994 A 20040402; EP 04749636 A 20040402; NZ 54307004 A 20040402; ZA 200508006 A 20051004