Patent ID: 6331662
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule, wherein said nucleic acid molecule encodes at least a portion of a plant retroelement and comprises a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:(a) a nucleic acid sequence which is at least a portion of a plant generic retroelement sequence and which has more than 50% identity to SEQ ID NO:17, wherein said identity can be determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters, and wherein said nucleic acid sequence has functional properties of a plant generic retroelement of SEQ ID NO: 17;(b) the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17;(c) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid sequence which has more than 40% identity to SEQ ID NO: 18, wherein said identity can be determined using the DNAsis computer program, and wherein said amino acid sequence has functional properties of the retroelement polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:18;(d) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:18; and(e) a nucleic acid sequence fully complementary to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: a nucleic acid sequence of (a) a nucleic acid sequence of (b) a nucleic acid sequence of (c) a nucleic acid sequence of (d).