Glutenin genes and their uses

US5914450A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US
• Regents of the University of Minnesota · US

Inventors

• Ann E. Blechl · Albany, US
• Olin D. Anderson · Pleasant Hill, US
• David A. Somers · Roseville, US
• Kimberly A. Torbert · Windom, US
• Howard W. Rines · Shoreview, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 22, 1999
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8251
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed to methods of improving flour by altering glutenin content in seeds of wheat and non-wheat plants. The invention relates to methods of introducing a recombinant construct comprising a glutenin gene into a parental plant.