Claims
- 1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs seed-specific or seed-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, said plant nucleotide sequence comprising:
(a) a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2275-2672, 5959, 5972, 5973, 5977-5990 and 6001 or a fragment thereof having substantially the same activity as the full-length nucleotide sequence; (b) a sequence having substantial similarity to (a); (c) a sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to (a) or the complement thereof; (d) a sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to (a) nucleic acid comprising 50 to 200 or more consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NOs:2275-2672, 5959, 5972, 5973, 5977-5990 and 6001 or the complement thereof; (e) a sequence complementary to (a), (b) or (c); or (f) a reverse complement of (a), (b) or (c).
- 2. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs seed-specific or seed-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence has at least 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:2275-2672, 5959, 5972, 5973, 5977-5990 and 6001.
- 3. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs seed-specific or seed-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the complement of any one of SEQ ID NOs:2275-2672, 5959, 5972, 5973, 5977-5990 and 6001.
- 4. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs seed-specific or seed-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence hybridizes under very high stringency conditions to the complement of any one of SEQ ID NOs:2275-2672, 5959, 5972, 5973, 5977-5990 and 6001.
- 4. A recombinant vector comprising the polynucleotide of claim 1.
- 5. An expression cassette comprising the polynucleotide of claim 1 operatively linked to an open reading frame.
- 6. The expression cassette of claim 6 operably linked to other suitable regulatory sequences.
- 7. The expression cassette of claim 6 wherein the open reading frame is in an antisense orientation relative to the nucleotide sequence which directs transcription.
- 8. The expression cassette of claim 6 wherein the open reading frame is in sense orientation relative to the nucleotide sequence which directs transcription.
- 9. A recombinant vector comprising the expression cassette of claim 6.
- 10. A host cell comprising the expression cassette of claim 6.
- 11. The host cell of claim 11 wherein the cell is selected from the group consisting of a yeast, a bacterium, a fungi, an animal cell or a plant cell.
- 12. The host cell of claim 12 wherein said cell is a plant cell.
- 13. A transformed plant, the genome of which is augmented with the expression cassette of claim 6.
- 14. A transformed plant comprising transformed plant cells, said cells comprising the expression cassette of claim 6.
- 15. The transformed plant of claim 14, wherein said plant is a cereal.
- 16. The transformed plant of claim 15, wherein said plant is a cereal.
- 17. The transformed plant of claim 14 wherein said plant is selected from the group consisting of maize, soybean, barley, alfalfa, sunflower, canola, soybean, cotton, peanut, sorghum, tobacco, sugarbeet, rice and wheat.
- 18. The transformed plant of claim 14, wherein said plant is selected from the group consisting of maize, barley, sorghum, rice and wheat.
- 19. The transformed plant of claim 15 wherein said plant is selected from the group consisting of maize, soybean, barley, alfalfa, sunflower, canola, soybean, cotton, peanut, sorghum, tobacco, sugarbeet, rice and wheat.
- 20. The transformed plant of claim 15, wherein said plant is selected from the group consisting of maize, barley, sorghum, rice and wheat.
- 21. A method for augmenting a plant genome, comprising:
(a) contacting plant cells with the expression cassette of claim 15 so as to yield a transformed plant cell; and (b) regenerating the transformed plant cell to provide a differentiated transformed plant, wherein the differentiated transformed plant expresses the open reading frame in the cells of the plant.
- 22. A transformed plant prepared by the method of claim 22.
- 23. A product of the plant of claim 23, wherein said product comprises the expression cassette or the gene product encoded by the open reading frame.
- 24. The product of claim 24, said product selected from the group consisting of a seed, fruit, vegetable, plant extract, transgenic plant, and a progeny plant.
- 25. A method to identify a gene, the expression of which is altered in seed comprising:
(a) contacting a plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate with a probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA isolated from seed so as to form a complex, wherein each sample comprises a plurality of oligonucleotides corresponding to at least a portion of one plant gene; and (b) comparing complex formation in a) with complex formation between a second plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate contacted with a second probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA that is not from seed, so as to identify which samples correspond to genes that are expressed in seed, wherein the identified genes are orthologs of Oryza genes comprising a sequence which is substantially similar to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2275-2672, 5959, 5972, 5973, 5977-5990 and 6001 and SEQ ID NOs:1020-1597, 5927, 5940, 5941, 5945-5958.
- 26. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs constitutive transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment in a plant cell, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence is from a gene encoding a polypeptide that is substantially similar to a polypeptide encoded by an Oryza gene comprising a promoter selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1598-1885 and 5960-5971.
- 27. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs constitutive transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment in a plant cell, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence comprises
(a) a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1598-1885 and 5960-5971, or a fragment thereof having substantially the same activity as the full-length nucleotide sequence; (b) a sequence having substantial similarity to (a); (c) a sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to (a) or the complement thereof; (d) a sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to a nucleic acid comprising 50 to 200 or more consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NOs:1598-1885 and 5960-5971, or the complement thereof, (e) a sequence complementary to (a), (b) or (c); or (f) a reverse complement of (a), (b) or (c).
- 28. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs constitutive transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment in a plant cell, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the complement of any one of SEQ ID NOs:1598-1885 and 5960-5971.
- 29. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs constitutive transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment in a plant cell, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence is at least 90% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs:1598-1885 and 5960-5971 or a fragment thereof.
- 30. An expression cassette comprising the polynucleotide of claim 28.
- 31. As host cell comprising the expression cassette of claim 31.
- 32. A transgenic plant comprising the expression cassette of claim 31.
- 33. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs leaf- and/or stem-specific or -preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence is from a gene encoding a polypeptide that is substantially similar to a polypeptide encoded by an Oryza gene comprising a promoter selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1886-1918.
- 34. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs leaf- and/or stem-specific or -preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment in a plant cell, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence comprises
(a) a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1886-1918 or a fragment thereof having substantially the same activity as the full-length nucleotide sequence; (b) a nucleotide sequence having substantial similarity to (a); (c) a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to (a) or the complement thereof; (d) a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to a nucleic acid comprising 50 to 200 or more consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NOs: 1886-1918 or the complement thereof; (e) a nucleotide sequence complementary to (a), (b) or (c); or (f) a nucleotide sequence which is a reverse complement of (a), (b) or (c).
- 35. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs leaf- and/or stem-specific or -preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, which plant nucleotide sequence hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the complement any one of SEQ ID NOs:1886-1918.
- 36. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs leaf- and/or stem-specific transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence has at least 90% identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:1886-1918.
- 37. An expression cassette comprising the polynucleotide of claim 35.
- 38. A host cell comprising the expression cassette of claim 38.
- 39. A transgenic plant comprising the expression cassette of claim 38.
- 40. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs leaf- and/or stem-specific transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, where in said plant nucleotide sequence is SEQ ID NO:2554 or a fragment thereof.
- 41. An expression cassette comprising the polynucleotide of claim 41.
- 42. A host cell comprising the expression cassette of claim 42.
- 43. A transgenic plant comprising the expression cassette of claim 42.
- 44. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs panicle-specific or panicle-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence is from a gene encoding a polypeptide that is substantially similar to a polypeptide encoded by an Oryza gene comprising a promoter selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1919-2085.
- 45. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs panicle-specific or panicle-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment in a plant cell, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence comprises
(a) a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1919-2085 or a fragment thereof having substantially the same activity as the full-length nucleotide sequence; (b) a nucleotide sequence having substantial similarity to (a); (c) a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to (a) or the complement thereof; (d) a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to a nucleic acid comprising 50 to 200 or more consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NOs: 1919-2085 or the complement thereof; (e) a nucleotides sequence which is complementary to (a), (b) or (c); or (f) a nucleotide sequence which is a reverse complement of (a), (b) or (c).
- 46. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs panicle-specific or panicle-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, which plant nucleotide sequence hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the complement of any one of SEQ ID NOs:1919-2085.
- 47. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs panicle-specific or panicle-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, which plant nucleotide sequence hybridizes under very high stringency conditions to the complement of any one of SEQ ID NOs:1919-2085.
- 48. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs panicle-specific or panicle-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence has at least 90% identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:1919-2085 or a fragment thereof.
- 49. An expression cassette comprising the polynucleotide of claim 46.
- 50. A host cell comprising the expression cassette of claim 50.
- 51. A transgenic plant comprising the expression cassette of claim 50.
- 52. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs root-specific or root preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence is from a gene encoding a polypeptide that is substantially similar to a polypeptide encoded by an Oryza gene comprising a promoter selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2144-2274.
- 53. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs root-specific or root preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment in a plant cell, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence comprises
(a) a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 2144-2274 or a fragment thereof having substantially the same activity as the full-length nucleotide sequence; (b) a nucleotide sequence having substantial similarity to (a); (c) a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to (a) or the complement thereof; (d) a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to a nucleic acid comprising 50 to 200 or more consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NOs: 2144-2274 or the complement thereof; (e) a nucleotide sequence complementary to (a), (b) or (c); or (f) a nucleotide sequence which is a reverse complement of (a), (b) or (c).
- 54. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs root-specific or root preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, which plant nucleotide sequence hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the complement of any one of SEQ ID NOs:2144-2274.
- 55. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs root-specific or root preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said nucleotide sequence has at least 90% identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:2144-2274.
- 56. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs root-specific or root preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, which plant nucleotide sequence is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2144-2274 or a fragment thereof.
- 57. An expression cassette comprising the polynucleotide of claim 54.
- 58. A host cell comprising the expression cassette of claim 58.
- 59. A transgenic plant comprising the expression cassette of claim 58.
- 60. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs pollen-specific or pollen-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence is from a gene encoding a polypeptide that is substantially similar to a polypeptide encoded by an Oryza gene comprising a promoter selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2086-2143.
- 61. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs pollen-specific or pollen-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment in a plant cell, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence comprises
(a) a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 2086-2143 or a fragment thereof having substantially the same activity as the full-length nucleotide sequence; (b) a nucleotide sequence having substantial similarity to (a); (c) a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to (a) or the complement thereof; (d) a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 nucleotides capable of hybridizing to a nucleic acid comprising 50 to 200 or more consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NOs: 2086-2143 or the complement thereof; (e) a nucleotide sequence complementary to (a), (b) or (c); or (f) a nucleotide sequence which is a reverse complement of (a), (b) or (c).
- 62. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs pollen-specific or pollen-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said plant nucleotide sequence hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the complement of any one of SEQ ID NOs:2086-2143.
- 63. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a plant nucleotide sequence that directs pollen-specific or pollen-preferential transcription of an operatively linked nucleic acid segment, wherein said nucleotide sequence has at least 90% identity to of any one of SEQ ID NOs:2086-2143 or a fragment thereof.
- 64. An expression cassette comprising the polynucleotide of claim 62.
- 65. A host cell comprising the expression cassette of claim 65.
- 66. A transgenic plant comprising the expression cassette of claim 66.
- 67. A method to identify a gene, the expression of which is altered in seed comprising:
(a) contacting a plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate with a probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA isolated from seed so as to form a complex, wherein each sample comprises a plurality of oligonucleotides corresponding to at least a portion of one plant gene; and (b) comparing complex formation in a) with complex formation between a second plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate contacted with a second probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA that is not from seed, so as to identify which samples correspond to genes that are expressed in seed, wherein the identified genes are orthologs of Oryza genes comprising a sequence which is substantially similar to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2275-2672, 5959, 5972, 5973, 5977-5990 and 6001 and SEQ ID NOs:1020-1597, 5927, 5940, 5941, 5945-5958.
- 68. A method to identify a gene, the expression of which is constitutive in a plant cell, comprising:
(a) contacting a plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate with a probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA isolated from two or more tissues or at two or more developmental stages of a plant so as to form a complex, wherein each sample comprises a plurality of oligonucleotides corresponding to at least a portion of one plant gene; and (b) comparing complex formation in the samples so as to identify which samples correspond to genes that are expressed in two or more tissues or at two or more developmental stages of the plant, wherein the identified genes are orthologs of Oryza genes comprising a sequence which is substantially similar to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-398 and 5928-5939 and SEQ ID NOs:1598-1885 and 5960-5971.
- 69. A method to identify a gene, the expression of which is altered in leaf- and/or stem comprising:
(a) contacting a plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate with a probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA isolated from leaf- and/or stem so as to form a complex, wherein each sample comprises a plurality of oligonucleotides corresponding to at least a portion of one plant gene; and (b) comparing complex formation in a) with complex formation between a second plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate contacted with a second probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA that is not from leaf and/or stem, so as to identify which samples correspond to genes that are expressed in leaf and/or stem, wherein the identified genes are orthologs of Oryza genes comprising a sequence which is substantially similar to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:399-464 and SEQ ID NOs:1886-1918.
- 70. A method to identify a gene, the expression of which is altered in panicle comprising:
(a) contacting a plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate with a probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA isolated from panicle so as to form a complex, wherein each sample comprises a plurality of oligonucleotides corresponding to at least a portion of one plant gene; and (b) comparing complex formation in a) with complex formation between a second plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate contacted with a second probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA that is not from panicle, so as to identify which samples correspond to genes that are expressed in panicle, wherein the identified genes are orthologs of Oryza genes comprising a sequence which is substantially similar to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:465-720 and SEQ ID NOs:1919-2085.
- 71. A method to identify a gene, the expression of which is altered in pollen comprising:
(a) contacting a plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate with a probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA isolated from pollen so as to form a complex, wherein each sample comprises a plurality of oligonucleotides corresponding to at least a portion of one plant gene; and (b) comparing complex formation in a) with complex formation between a second plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate contacted with a second probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA that is not from pollen, so as to identify which samples correspond to genes that are expressed in pollen, wherein the identified genes are orthologs of Oryza genes comprising a sequence which is substantially similar to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:721-800 and SEQ ID NOs:2086-2143.
- 72. A method to identify a gene, the expression of which is altered in root comprising:
(a) contacting a plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate with a probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA isolated from root so as to form a complex, wherein each sample comprises a plurality of oligonucleotides corresponding to at least a portion of one plant gene; and (b) comparing complex formation in a) with complex formation between a second plurality of isolated nucleic acid samples on a solid substrate contacted with a second probe comprising plant nucleic acid corresponding to RNA that is not from root, so as to identify which samples correspond to genes that are expressed in root, wherein the identified genes are orthologs of Oryza genes comprising a sequence which is substantially similar to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:801-1019 and SEQ ID NOs:2144-2274.
- 73. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising:
a. sequence data for at least one polynucleotide having at least 70% nucleic acid sequence identity to a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of any of the sequences listed in the Sequence Listing, and the complement thereof; and b. a module receiving the nucleic acid molecule which compares the nucleic acid sequence of the molecule to at least one other nucleic acid sequence.
- 74. The computer readable medium of claim 66 wherein the medium is selected from the group consisting of magnetic tape, optical disk, CD-ROM, random access memory, volatile memory, non-volatile memory and bubble memory.
- 75. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
a. receiving the sequence data for a nucleic acid molecule that has at least 70% nucleic acid sequence identity to a nucleotide molecule selected from the group consisting of any of the sequences listed in the Sequence Listing, and the complement thereof; and b. comparing the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule to at least one other nucleic acid sequence.
- 76. The computer readable medium of claim 68 wherein the medium is selected from the group consisting of magnetic tape, optical disk, CD-ROM, random access memory, volatile memory, non-volatile memory and bubble memory.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/325,448, filed Sep. 26, 2001, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/325,277 filed Sep. 26, 2001, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/270,620 filed Apr. 4, 2002, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Provisional Applications (3)
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60325448 |
Sep 2001 |
US |
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60325277 |
Sep 2001 |
US |
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60370620 |
Apr 2002 |
US |