US 12,252,695 B1
Peony PoWOX4 gene and applications of coded protein thereof
Wenbo Zhang, Beijing (CN); Yanting Chang, Beijing (CN); Yanjun Ma, Beijing (CN); Tao Hu, Beijing (CN); Zehui Jiang, Beijing (CN); Yayun Deng, Beijing (CN); Yufei Meng, Beijing (CN); Xue Zhang, Beijing (CN); and Mengsi Xia, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR BAMBOO AND RATTAN, Beijing (CN)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR BAMBOO AND RATTAN, Beijing (CN)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/887,121.
Claims priority of application No. 202410140139.X (CN), filed on Feb. 1, 2024.
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/827 (2013.01) [C07K 14/415 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
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1. A method of promoting bolting early and flowering of early by an Arabidopsis thaliana plant, comprising: introducing a Paeonia ostia WUSCHEL-related homeobox 4 (PoWOX4) gene into an Arabidopsis thaliana plant to obtain a transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plant that stably overexpresses the PoWOX4 gene, thereby making the transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plant bolt early and flower early as compared to a control plant; wherein the PoWOX4 gene comprises a nucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8.