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  • Nuclear fertility restorer genes and methods of use in plants
    Patent number: 7314971
    Abstract: The present invention includes nuclear fertility restorer genes, proteins encoded by those genes and transgenic plants and plant cells containing those genes. More particularly, the nuclear fertility restorer genes can be used to restore fertility in cytoplasmic male-sterile plants such as Brassica napus. Preferably, the nuclear fertility restorer genes are used with the Ogura (ogu) CMS system in Brassica napus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Gregory G. Brown, Charles Dendy, Benoit S. Landry, Wing Cheung, Hua Jin, Fang-Ming Lai, Natasa Formanova, Martin LaForest