Patents Assigned to E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY and COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
  • Nucleotide sequences encoding fasciated EAR3 (FEA3) and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9701979
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of fea3 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    Inventors: Stephen M Allen, David Peter Jackson, Byoung Il Je, Mai Komatsu, Young Koung Lee, Hajime Sakai
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES ENCODING RAMOSA3 AND SISTER OF RAMOSA3 AND METHODS OF USE FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20090276920
    Abstract: The invention relates to the isolation and characterization of a maize gene, RAMOSA3 (RA3), responsible for meristem development and inflorescence development including branching. The gene, gene product, and regulatory regions may be used to manipulate branching, meristem growth, inflorescence development and arrangement, and ultimately to improve yield of plants. The invention includes the gene and protein product as well as the use of the same for temporal and spatial expression in transgenic plants to alter plant morphology and affect yield in plants. The invention also includes the gene and protein product for SISTER OF RAMOSA3 (SRA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY and COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    Inventors: David Peter Jackson, Namiko Nagasawa, Nobuhiro Nagasawa, Hajime Sakai