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Modulating lignin in plants

US8362322B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ceres, Inc. · US

Inventors

Nestor Apuya · Culver City, US
Steven Craig Bobzin · Malibu, US
Jack Okamuro · Oak Park, US
Ke Zhang · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2007
Grant date	Jan 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K14/415
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Materials and methods for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) lignin content in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding lignin-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to generate transgenic plants having a modulated lignin content.

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