Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide alters carbohydrate production in the plant
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-09
2007-10-09
Kallis, Russell P. (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide alters carbohydrate production in the plant
C800S278000, C800S287000, C800S300100, C435S468000, C435S412000, C435S320100, C536S023100, C536S023200, C536S023600, C536S024100
Reexamination Certificate
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ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to the transformation of maize with a grain softness-enhancing gene for improving starch extractability. The invention more precisely concerns the reduction of wet milling time using genetically transformed corn that expresses puroindoline.
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