Patent ID: 8410337

Claim:
An Arabidopsis plant cell transformed with a DNA construct that expresses an interfering RNA specific to an mRNA encoding Arabidopsis tubby-like protein 11 (AtTLP11), wherein said DNA construct comprises a promoter operably linked to a first DNA strand comprising the nucleotide sequence from position 851 to position 1140 of SEQ ID NO: 22 and a second DNA strand that is fully complementary to the first DNA strand, wherein the first and second DNA strands are arranged in a 5′ to 3′ direction with respect to each other, wherein the plant cell expresses said interfering RNA which is a double-stranded hairpin RNA encoded by said DNA construct, and wherein said expression results in reduced expression of AtTLP 11 protein in said transformed plant cell as compared to an untransformed Arabidopsis plant cell lacking said DNA construct.