Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part – per se – Higher plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-30
2007-10-30
Baum, Stuart F. (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part, per se
Higher plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part
C536S023100, C435S320100, C435S419000, C800S278000, C800S287000, C800S319000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10939794
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a novel DNA sequence, which encodes a previously unidentified lignin biosynthetic pathway enzyme, sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase (SAD) that regulates the biosynthesis of syringyl lignin in plants. Also provided are methods for incorporating this novel SAD gene sequence or substantially similar sequences into a plant genome for genetic engineering of syringyl-enriched lignin in plants.
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Chiang Vincent Lee C.
Li Laigeng
Baum Stuart F.
Board of Control of Michigan Technological University
Michael Best & Friedich LLP
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