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Cotton fibers having positively charged oligosaccharides

US9404119B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayer CropScience N.V. · BE

Inventors

Marc De Block · Merelbeke, BE
Frank Meulewaeter · Merelbeke, BE
Rainhard Koch · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE
Bernd Essigmann · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 2013
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/249921
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods and means are provided for the modification of the reactivity of plant cell walls, particularly as they can be found in natural fibers of fiber producing plants by inclusion of positively charged oligosaccharides or polysaccharides into the cell wall. This can be conveniently achieved by expressing a chimeric gene encoding an N-acetylglucosamine transferase, particularly an N-acetylglucosamine transferase, capable of being targeted to the membranes of the Golgi apparatus in cells of a plant.

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