Patent ID: 8008543
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A substantially purified or isolated nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment encoding a PURPLE ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENT 1(PAP 1) or a PAP 1-like protein, or complementary or antisense to a sequence encoding a PAP 1 or PAP 1-like protein, selected from the group consisting of (a) Sequence ID Nos: 1and 3; (b) complements of the sequences recited in (a); (c) sequences antisense to the sequences recited in (a) and (b); (d) functionally active fragments of the sequences recited in (a), (b) and (c) having a size of at least 60 nucleotides; and (e) functionally active variants of the sequences recited in (a), (b) and (c) having at least 90% identity with the sequences recited in (a), (b) or (c).