Patent ID: 7919676
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. An isolated nucleotide sequence that is critical to male fertility in a plant, said nucleotide sequence comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) SEQ ID NO: 16; (b) a nucleic acid sequence having at least 90% identity to the full length of SEQ ID NO: 16 wherein the sequence is critical to male fertility in a plant; (c) a nucleic acid sequence having at least 95% identity to the full length of SEQ ID NO: 16 wherein the sequence is critical to male fertility in a plant; and (d) a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to the full length complement of SEQ ID NO: 16 under highly stringent conditions of a wash of 0.1 SSC, 0.1% (w/v) SDS at 65° C. wherein the sequence is critical to male fertility in a plant.