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
1995-12-29
2000-05-09
McElwain, Elizabeth F.
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...
800298, 435419, 435468, A01H 500, C12N 504, C12N 1582
Patent
active
060606444
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to cuticular lipid genes, their gene products, and methods of use thereof, for the generation of new plant varieties having novel environmental, disease and pest resistance. In particular, certain isolated or enriched nucleic acids specifying cuticular lipid genes, or portions thereof, are disclosed.
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Hansen Joel D.
Nikolau Basil J.
Robertson Donald S.
Schnable Patrick S.
Xia Yiji
Iowa State University & Research Foundation, Inc.
McElwain Elizabeth F.
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