Maize plants with reduced gene silencing
- Detailed Technology Description
- None
- Supplementary Information
- Patent Number: US8134047B2
Application Number: US2009400727A
Inventor: Stonaker, Jennifer L. | Hale, Christopher J. | Hollick, Jay B.
Priority Date: 7 Mar 2008
Priority Number: US8134047B2
Application Date: 9 Mar 2009
Publication Date: 13 Mar 2012
IPC Current: C12N001582 | A01H000510
US Class: 800286 | 800285 | 800298 | 8003201
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: Maize plants with reduced gene silencing
Usefulness: Maize plants with reduced gene silencing
Summary: The methods are useful for reducing or mitigating gene silencing of a transgene; and for producing a transgenic plant (all claimed).
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Sub Category
- Plant
- Application No.
- 8134047
- Others
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Tech ID/UC Case
19814/2007-096-0
Related Cases
2007-096-0
- *Abstract
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This invention relates to genes and methods to control eukaryotic mechanisms responsible for both the genesis and maintenance of heritable phenotypic variation. Paramutations represent specific types of epigenetic alterations that can be stably inherited without altering the DNA sequence. Several genes are known to be involved in regulating the paramutant state in maize plants. It is currently thought that these allelic interactions cause structural alterations to the chromatin. This invention relates to the use of the rmr1 gene for reducing or mitigating gene silencing in a transgenic maize plant and also to reduce or mitigate inbreeding depression
- *IP Issue Date
- Mar 13, 2012
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Christopher Hale
Department:
Name: Jay Hollick
Department:
Name: Jennifer Stonaker
Department:
- Country/Region
- USA
