Transgenic plants having altered biomass composition
AssigneeCeres, Inc.
InventorNestor Apuya
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Abstract
Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass composition-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having altered biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having altered biomass composition.
Claims17
A method of producing a plant, said method comprising growing a plant cell comprising an exogenous nucleic acid, said exogenous nucleic acid comprising a regulatory region operably linked to a nucleotide sequence, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises a polynucleotide sequence having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:347 or wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:348, wherein a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in biomass composition as compared to the corresponding composition of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.
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A method of modulating biomass composition in a plant, said method comprising introducing into a plant cell an exogenous nucleic acid, said exogenous nucleic acid comprising a regulatory region operably linked to a nucleotide sequence, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises a polynucleotide sequence having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:347 or wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:348, wherein a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in biomass composition as compared to the corresponding composition of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.
A plant cell comprising an exogenous nucleic acid, said exogenous nucleic acid comprising:
- (a) a regulatory region operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:348, or
- (b) a regulatory region operably linked to a nucleotide sequence having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:347, or a fragment thereof, wherein a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in biomass composition as compared to the corresponding composition of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.
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