US Patent Issued to JIANGSU ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES on Jan. 13 for "Application of OBF1 transcription factor in chromosome doubling of plant and transgenic plant cultivation method" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,841, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to JIANGSU ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Nanjing, China).

"Application of OBF1 transcription factor in chromosome doubling of plant and transgenic plant cultivation method" was invented by Hong Wang (Nanjing, China), Caizhong Jiang (Nanjing, China) and Daoyang Sun (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An application of an OBF1 transcription factor in chromosome doubling of a plant and a transgenic plant cultivation method are provided. The gene sequence of the OBF1 transcription factor is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; and the plant includes petunias, tomatoes, and tobaccos. An OBF1 gene is i...