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Assigneec/o British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorsJuan Pablo Sanchez TAMBURRINO, Kieron EDWARDS, Maria ERIKSSON
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The present invention relates to a method of modulating the density of lignin in a test plant compared to the corresponding lignin density in a wild-type plant cultured under the same conditions, the method comprising modulating the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene, wherein modulation of the concentration and/or activity of the polypeptide modulates lignin density in the test plant. The present invention further relates to the use of a genetic construct which is capable of modulating the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene, for modulating the density of lignin in a plant and use according to either claim 23 or 24, wherein the genetic construct encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence substantially as set out in SEQ ID No's: 2 or 4, or a functional variant or fragment thereof. In addition the present invention relates to a plant host cell comprising a genetic construct which is capable of modulating the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene is also taught.
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A method of modulating the density of lignin in a test plant compared to the corresponding lignin density in a wild-type plant cultured under the same conditions, the method comprising modulating the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene, wherein modulation of the concentration and/or activity of the polypeptide modulates lignin density in the test plant, wherein the core circadian clock gene is LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL gene.
A tobacco product comprising lignin-reduced tobacco obtained from a mutant tobacco plant, which mutant is capable of decreasing the density of lignin in its leaves by increasing the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene, wherein the core circadian clock gene is LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL gene.
A transgenic plant comprising a genetic construct comprising a core circadian clock gene, wherein the core circadian clock gene is LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL gene.
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