Patent ID: 7732663
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of modifying development of a plant by downregulating expression of an ICK1 polypeptide, wherein the plant comprises an ICK1 nucleic acid sequence encoding the ICK1 polypeptide, comprising: transforming a plant cell with a nucleic acid sequence complementary to the ICK1 nucleic acid sequence; and growing the transformed plant cell or progeny of the transformed plant cell to produce a transformed plant under conditions wherein the nucleic acid sequence complementary to the ICK1 nucleic acid is transcribed in a proliferative tissue of the transformed plant to inhibit expression of the ICK1 polypeptide in the proliferative tissue of the transformed plant, thereby modifying development of the plant, wherein the ICK1 nucleic acid sequence comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3, or a nucleic acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3, and wherein the nucleic acid sequence complementary to the ICK1 nucleic acid sequence is at least 95% complementary to the full length ICK1 nucleic acid sequence.