Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide alters fat – fatty oil – ester-type wax – or...
Patent
1994-06-08
1995-05-16
Chereskin, Che S.
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide alters fat, fatty oil, ester-type wax, or...
4351723, 4353201, 4352404, A01H 400, C12N 1582
Patent
active
054162505
ABSTRACT:
A method for control of ethylene biosynthesis in plants comprising a vector containing a selective gene under plant promoter control, and a DNA insert comprising codons for a functional heterologous polypeptide having AdoMetase activity and flanked by a plant promoter on one side and a polyA signal sequence on the other side; and,
transforming a plant host with said vector wherein the plant host transformed thereby is capable of expressing the heterologous polypeptide having AdoMetase activity under the control of said control region. The presence of the AdoMetase gene and the expression of AdoMetase in transgenic plants lowers AdoMet levels and generates an inhibitor of ACC synthase causing a corresponding decrease in ethylene biosynthesis and precursor availability. The current construction of transgenic plants containing a copy(s) of the T3 AdoMetase gene allow for construction of plants that will control ethylene biosynthesis under restricted conditions resulting in fruits, vegetables, and flowers which have been modified internally to improve shelf life and preservation qualities.
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Bestwick Richard K.
Brown Lyle R.
Ferro Adolph J.
Agritope, Inc.
Chereskin Che S.
Fabian Gary R.
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