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Compositions and methods for altering tocotrienol content

US8461427B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

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

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 5, 2012
Grant date	Jun 11, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B5/11
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocol 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 tocol content in seeds.

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