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US 6,608,242 B1Granted
Production of silk-like proteins in plants
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorJianjun Yang
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for the production of silks and silk-like proteins (SLP's) in green plants. Expression of SLP's has been achieved in both seed and leaf tissue in green plants.
Claims12
A method for the production of silk-like proteins in a plant comprising:
- a) providing a plant containing a SLP expression cassette having the following structure:
- P-SLP-T
- wherein:
- P is a promoter suitable for driving the expression of a silk-like protein gene;
- SLP is a transgene encoding a mature silk-like protein;
- and
- T is a 5′ terminator;
- wherein each of P, SLP and T are operably linked such that expression of the cassette results in translation of the silk-like protein;
- b) growing said plant under conditions whereby said transgene is expressed and the silk-like protein is produced;
- and
- c) optionally recovering said silk-like protein.
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