	US 7,361,805 B2
	Ehd1 gene promoting plant flowering, and utilization thereof
Masahiro Yano, Ibaraki (Japan); Takuichi Fuse, Miyazaki (Japan); Utako Yamanouchi, Ibaraki (Japan); Atsushi Yoshimura, Fukuoka (Japan); and Kazuyuki Doi, Fukuoka (Japan)
Assigned to National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/515,481 PCT Filed May 20, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/06273 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 06, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO03/100062, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 04, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 2002-153807 (JP), filed on May 28, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0257292 A1, Nov. 17, 2005
Int. Cl. C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 5/04 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 800—278 [800/298; 800/290; 800/320.2; 435/320.1; 435/419; 536/23.6]

16 Claims

1. An isolated A DNA according to (a) or (b) below, wherein said DNA encodes a plant-derived protein that functions to promote plant flowering:

(a) a DNA encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6;

(b) a DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:4 or 5.