Patent ID: 8026413
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A transgenic plant or part thereof, comprising, as a transgene, an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein which alters plant or endosperm development wherein the nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:2, and b) a nucleotide sequence of SEO ID NO:1 or a nucleotide sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:1; wherein said nucleic acid molecule is operably linked to a promoter allowing expression of said nucleic acid molecule in the endosperm, wherein said transgenic plant has increased growth rate when compared to control plants that lack the transgene or said transgenic plant exhibits larger seeds that mature early when compared to control plants that lack the transgene.