Method for improving the agronomic and nutritional value of plants
US7838749B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 2008 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/825
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides means and methods of transforming plant cells, seeds, tissues or whole plants in order to yield transformants capable of expressing all enzymes of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway that are essential for the targeted host plant to accumulate carotenes and/or xanthophylls of interest. The present invention also provides DNA molecules designed to be suitable for carrying out the method of the invention, and plasmids or vector systems comprising said molecules. Furthermore, the present invention provides transgenic plant cells, seeds, tissues and whole plants that display an improved nutritional quality and contain such DNA molecules and/or that have been generated by use of the methods of the present invention.
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