Patent ID: 7071375

Claim:
An isolated nuclear fertility restorer nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleic acid comprising the gene within positions 103,375 and 105,589 of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:87; b) a nucleic acid encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence encoded by the gene within positions 103,375 and 105,589 of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:87; c) a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence differing from the sequence of the nucleic acids of a) or b) due to the degeneracy of the genetic code; and d) a nucleic acid having at least 90% homology with the nucleic acid sequences of a) or b), wherein sequence homology is determined by the Karlin and Altschul algorithm using standard parameters and wherein the nucleic acid encodes a nuclear fertility restorer protein.