Genes involved in plant fibre development
First Claim
1. A method of increasing fibre initiation and/or elongation in a fibre producing plant comprising introducing into the plant a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising consecutive amino acids whose sequence is identical to the amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
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Abstract
The present invention provides polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding therefore, involved in the regulation of fibre initiation and/or elongation in fibre producing plants. In particular, the present invention provides methods of altering fibre initiation in cotton making use of transcription factors, regulatory proteins or cell cycle proteins produced at or around anthesis. The invention also relates to the use of these as markers of fibre production in plants including cotton.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of increasing fibre initiation and/or elongation in a fibre producing plant comprising introducing into the plant a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising consecutive amino acids whose sequence is identical to the amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 38, such that the production of the polypeptide is increased when compared to a wild-type fiber producing plant, wherein the nucleotide sequence had been previously isolated.
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2. A method of reducing fibre initiation and/or elongation in a fibre producing plant comprising introducing into the plant an antisense polynucleotide or a polynucleotide that produces a dsRNA molecule such that the production of a polypeptide comprising consecutive amino acids whose sequence is identical to the amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
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6. A substantially purified and/or recombinant polypeptide comprising consecutive amino acids whose sequence is set forth in SEQ ID NO:
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7. An isolated and/or exogenous polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of:
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i) a polynucleotide comprising consecutive nucleotides whose nucleotide sequence is set forth in SEQ ID NO;
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38. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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