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Overexpression of starch synthase in plants

US9428760B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH · DE

Inventors

Claus Frohberg · Kleinmachnow, DE
Ralf Schmidt · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 2012
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 23, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N9/1051
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for increasing the phosphate content of starches of genetically modified plant cells in comparison with starches from corresponding wild-type plant cells by introducing a foreign nucleic acid molecule which codes for a soluble starch synthase II. The present invention furthermore relates to the overexpression of this soluble starch synthase II in the genetically modified plant cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to rice starch and rice flour with improved quality characteristics, to rice grains comprising this rice starch, and to rice plants on which these rice grains grow.

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