Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

2-4-2003

Patent Number

patent number 6514760

Abstract

The present invention relates to the isolation and identification of a JOINTLESS gene from a tomato plant (genus Lycopersicon). More specifically, the invention relates to novel nucleic acid molecules isolated from a tomato plant, proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, and antibodies raised against such proteins. The present invention is also directed to a nucleic acid homolog of a JOINTLESS gene and a method to identify a homolog in plants other than tomato.

Application Number

09/611659

Assignees

Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Filing Date

2000-07-07

Primary/U.S. Class

435/419

Other/U.S. Class

435/320.1, 536/23.6

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