Plant vitamin e biosynthetic enzymes
US7071381B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8243
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a vitamin E biosynthetic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the vitamin E biosynthetic enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the vitamin E biosynthetic enzyme in a transformed host cell.
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