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AssigneeMogen International N.V.
InventorsAlbert Johannes Joseph Van Ooyen, Krijn Rietveld, Wilhelmus Johannes Quax, Petrus Josephus Maria Van Den Elzen, Jan Pen, Andreas Hoekema, Peter Christiaan Sijmons
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The present invention provides plants with a modified taste, solids content and/or texture. The invention also provides methods of obtaining such plants via transformation with DNA constructs containing genes encoding enzymes capable of degrading plant polysaccharides and optionally additional genes encoding enzymes which are capable of further modifying the degradation products resulting from the first degradation step.
A method for modifying the carbohydrate composition of a plant or plant organ, wherein said method comprises growing a stably transformed, transgenic plant containing a recombinant DNA expression construct encoding a microbial alpha-amylase under conditions wherein said alpha-amylase-encoding construct is expressed and the carbohydrate composition of said plant or plant organ is modified.
A recombinant DNA expression cassette comprising a regulatory sequence operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a microbial enzyme selected from the group consisting of alpha-amylase and glucoamylase, which regulatory sequence directs expression of said enzyme-encoding nucleotide sequence at a selected stage of development or maturity of a transgenic plant or plant organ.
A recombinant DNA expression cassette comprising a 35S CaMV promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a microbial enzyme selected from the group consisting of alpha-amylase and glucoamylase.
A recombinant DNA expression cassette comprising a regulatory sequence operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a microbial enzyme selected from the group consisting of alpha-amylase and glucoamylase, which regulatory sequence directs tissue-specific expression of said enzyme-encoding nucleotide sequence in a plant.
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