US 11,981,905 B2
Polynucleotide sequences and proteins encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics
Vyacheslav Brover, Simi Valley, CA (US); Timothy J. Swaller, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); Kenneth A. Feldmann, Newbury Park, CA (US); and Maxim Troukhan, Agoura Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Ceres, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by CERES, INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/115,410.
Application 17/115,410 is a division of application No. 16/185,840, filed on Nov. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,947,553.
Application 16/185,840 is a division of application No. 15/062,829, filed on Mar. 7, 2016, granted, now 10,150,971, issued on Dec. 11, 2018.
Application 13/626,508 is a division of application No. 12/168,788, filed on Jul. 7, 2008, granted, now 8,299,318, issued on Oct. 30, 2012.
Application 15/062,829 is a continuation of application No. 13/626,508, filed on Sep. 25, 2012, granted, now 9,309,573, issued on Apr. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/958,715, filed on Jul. 5, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2021/0214740 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A23L 7/10 (2016.01); A23L 19/00 (2016.01); A23L 27/10 (2016.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01)
CPC C12N 15/8261 (2013.01) [A23L 7/10 (2016.08); A23L 19/00 (2016.08); A23L 27/10 (2016.08); C07K 14/415 (2013.01); C12N 15/8242 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); Y02A 40/146 (2018.01)] 12 Claims
 
1. A method of increasing tolerance to low nitrogen conditions, said method comprising
introducing into a switchgrass plant cell a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide, wherein:
(a) the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:24; or
(b) the nucleotide sequence comprises a polynucleotide sequence that is at least 95% identical to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:23;
wherein the nucleic acid molecule is operably linked to a heterologous promoter,
producing a switchgrass plant from the plant cell, and
selecting the plant for having increased tolerance to low nitrogen conditions as compared to the corresponding tolerance to low nitrogen conditions of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid molecule.