Patent ID: 9102748
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: C07K,C12N,C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method to identify a nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein involved in asymmetric cell division, comprising: (1) subjecting roots of a wild type plant to a treatment inducing lateral root initiation in a synchronous way; (2) subjecting roots of a mutant not developing lateral roots by a defect in auxin signalling to a treatment inducing lateral root initiation in the wild type in a synchronous way; (3) identifying a nucleic acid molecule that is expressed at a higher level in the wild type plant xylem pole pericycle cells than in the mutant plant xylem pole pericycle cells using microarray analysis comprising: wherein said nucleic acid molecule encodes a protein involved in asymmetric cell division comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, or wherein said nucleic acid molecule encodes a protein involved in asymmetric cell division comprising a sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 4.