Patent ID: 8227666
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing growth and/or yield of a plant under stressed and/or non-stressed conditions, said method comprises: (a) transforming a plant with an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which encodes a maize DRE binding factor (b) expressing said protein encoded by said nucleotide sequence in the transformed plant, wherein expression of said protein increases growth and/or yield of the transformed plant under stressed and/or non-stressed conditions as compared to a control plant of the same species lacking said isolated nucleic acid molecule and grown under identical environmental conditions [comprising introducing an isolated polynucleotide, or a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide, into a plant cell or plant tissue, and expressing the introduced polynucleotide, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a protein comprising PLXXVDAKLQXIC, wherein × is any amino acid (SEQ ID NO: 14) which increases growth and/or yield of the plant under stressed and/or non-stressed conditions relative to the plant where the isolated polynucleotide has not been introduced].