Patent ID: 8013218
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method of preventing formation or function of male tissue in a plant, comprising: introducing into said plant an expression cassette comprising a male tissue preferred regulatory region operably linked to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) a sequence having at least 80% identity to the full length of SEQ ID NO: 26; b) a sequence having at least 85% identity to the full length of SEQ ID NO: 26; c) a sequence having at least 90% identity to the full length of SEQ ID NO: 26; d) a sequence having at least 95% identity to the full length of SEQ ID NO: 26; e) a sequence which hybridizes to the full length of the complement of SEQ ID NO: 26 under highly stringent conditions of a wash of 0.1×SSC, 0.1% (w/v) SDS at 65° C.; and f) a sequence which encodes the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 36; wherein said sequence encodes a polypeptide that prevents formation or function of male tissue in a plant.