Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
Patent
1997-06-26
1999-11-09
Benzion, Gary
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
536 231, 536 2374, 435 691, 435 701, 435468, 435469, 435410, 435414, 800278, 800284, 8003173, C12N 1582, C12N 504, A01H 500
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ABSTRACT:
Transgenic plants which express cellulose-degrading enzymes, methods to make the transgenic plants, and methods to use the cellulose-degrading enzymes produced by the transgenic plants are disclosed.
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Austin-Phillips Sandra
Burgess Richard R.
German Thomas L.
Ziegelhoffer Thomas
Benzion Gary
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Zaghmout Ousama
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