Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-11
2005-01-11
Mehta, Ashwin (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
C435S468000, C800S285000, C800S286000, C800S298000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06841721
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides methods of selectively controlling lignin biosynthesis in plants such that lignification is reduced or enhanced, as desired. The invention provides, for example, a method of reducing lignification in a vascular plant by ectopically expressing a nucleic acid molecule encoding an AGL8-like gene product in the plant, whereby lignification is reduced due to ectopic expression of the nucleic acid molecule. An AGL8-like gene product useful in the invention can have, for example, substantially the amino acid sequence of an AGL8 ortholog such asArabidopsisAGL8 (SEQ ID NO:2).
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Liljegren Sarah
Yanofsky Martin F.
Mehta Ashwin
The Regents of the University of California
Townsend and Townsend / and Crew LLP
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