Nucleic acid module coding for &agr;glucosidase, plants that synthesize modified starch, methods for the production and use of said plants, and modified starch
US6794558B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Y302/0102
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules which encode a protein with the activity of a potato &agr;-glucosidase and to processes for the generation of transgenic plant cells and plants which synthesize a modified starch. Moreover, the present invention relates to vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules according to the invention, to the plant cells and plants originating from the processes according to the invention, to the starch synthesized by the plant cells and plants according to the invention, and to processes for the production of this starch.
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