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Use of a gene for increasing the oil content in plants

US7465850B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

Martijn Gipmans · Potsdam, DE
Anders Dahlqvist · Hagfors, SE
Antoni Banas · Siedlce, PL
Ulf Stahl · Bochum, DE
Eva Wiberg · Uppsala, SE
Marit Lenman · Lund, SE
Hans Ronne · Uppsala, SE
Sten Stymne · Ljusdal, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 3, 2003
Grant date	Dec 16, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K14/395
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to methods for increasing the oil content in plants, preferably in plant seeds, by expressing a polypeptide from yeast. The invention furthermore relates to expression constructs for expressing the yeast polypeptide in plants, preferably in plant seeds, the transgenic plants expressing the yeast polypeptide and to the use of said transgenic plants for the production of food, feeds, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, in particular for the production of oils.

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