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Compositions and methods for altering tocotrienol content

US7622658B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Edgar Cahoon · Wilmington, US
Sean J. Coughlan · Hockessin, US
Rebecca E. Cahoon · Webster Groves, US
Karlene H. Butler · Newark, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 2006
Grant date	Nov 24, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 17, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N15/8243
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocotrienol content in seeds. The invention further provides expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides methods for altering tocotrienol content in seeds.

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