Patent ID: 8519222

Claim:
A substantially purified or isolated nucleic acid, said nucleic acid being selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a TRANSPARENT TESTA 2 (TT2) selected from the group consisting of Seq ID Nos. 9, 11, 12, 13, 60, 62 and functionally active fragments thereof; (b) a nucleotide sequence which is the full length complement to a sequence selected from the group consisting of Seq ID Nos. 9, 11, 12, 13, 60 and 62; and (c) a variant nucleotide sequence encoding a TT2 or TT2-like protein which is a variant of a starting sequence, said starting sequence having a sequence as defined in paragraph (a), wherein the variant nucleotide sequence has at least 90% identity to the starting sequence.