Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – Nonplant protein is expressed from the polynucleotide
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-05
2009-08-04
Kallis, Russell (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
Nonplant protein is expressed from the polynucleotide
C800S287000, C800S298000, C800S312000, C800S317200, C800S317300, C800S320000, C800S320100, C800S320200, C800S320300
Reexamination Certificate
active
07569745
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides transgenic plants which after harvest degrade the lignin and cellulose therein to fermentable sugars which can further be fermented to ethanol or other products. In particular, the transgenic plants comprise ligninase and cellulase genes from microbes operably linked to a DNA encoding a signal peptide which targets the fusion polypeptide produced therefrom to an organelle of the plant, in particular the chloroplasts. When the transgenic plants are harvested, the plants are ground to release the ligninase and cellulase which then degrade the lignin and cellulose of the transgenic plants to produce the fermentable sugars.
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Dale Bruce E.
Maqbool Shahina B.
Sticklen Masomeh B.
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
Kallis Russell
McLeod Ian C.
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