Modification of lignin synthesis in plants
US5959178A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8255
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The biosynthesis of lignin in plants is regulated by insertion into the plant genome by altering the plant's ability to synthesise the enzyme O-methyl transferase, an enzyme involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway. Production of O-methyl-transferase may be enhanced by insertion into the plant genome by transformation of one or more additional copies of the O-methyl-transferase gene or production may be inhibited by insertion of a gene encoding anti-sense mRNA directed against the mRNA encoded by the endogenous O-methyl-transferase gene.
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