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AssigneeAmoco Corporation
InventorsJoseph Chappell, Court A. Saunders, Fred R. Wolf
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A process of increasing squalene and sterol accumulation in a transgenic plant by increasing the amount of a gene encoding a polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity is disclosed. The amount is preferably increased by transforming plant cells with a recombinant DNA molecule comprising a vector operatively linked to an exogenous DNA segment that encodes a polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity, and a promoter suitable for driving the expression of said polypeptide to form a transformed plant cell and regenerating a transgenic plant from that transformed cell. Also disclosed are a process of increasing pest resistance in a transgenic plant, transgenic plants and transgenic seeds capable of germinating into transgenic plants.
A process of increasing insect resistance in a transgenic plant said process comprising:
A plant whose genome comprises a DNA structural gene, said structural gene consisting essentially of an HMG-CoA reductase catalytic region and at least a portion of an HMG-CoA reductase linker region, said plant exhibiting increased insect resistance in comparison with a native plant not containing said structural gene.
A seed, which upon germination produces a plant whose genome comprises a DNA structural gene, said structural gene consisting essentially of an HMG-CoA reductase catalytic region and at least a portion of an HMG-CoA reductase linker region, said plant exhibiting increased insect resistance in comparison with a native plant not containing said structural gene.
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