Plants Having Modified Growth Characteristics and a Method for Making the Same
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various economically important growth characteristics in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns inter alia a method for modifying growth characteristics in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a HUB1 (Histone Monoubiquitination 1) polypeptide or encoding another protein useful in the methods of the present invention. The modified growth characteristics comprise a modification of light regulated phenotypes, such as modified circadian clock and/or circadian clock responses, or modified plant architecture.
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- 43. A method for improving growth characteristics in plants relative to control plants, comprising modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a HUB1 polypeptide operably linked to a medium strength constitutive promoter, wherein the HUB1 polypeptide comprises a RING domain.
- 65. A method for modifying a light regulated phenotype in a plant, comprising expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a HUB1 polypeptide.
- 74. A method for synchronising transcription of genes, comprising modulating expression of HUB1.
- 76. A method for modifying plant growth characteristics relative to control plants, comprising modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a protein selected from any of Tables G to K, or encoding an orthologue of the protein, wherein the plant growth characteristics comprise increased yield and/or increased stress resistance.
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