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US 7,253,342 B2Granted
Increased wax production in plants
AssigneeThe Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
InventorsJiyi Zhang, Zengyu Wang
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Abstract
The invention provides genes that activate wax biosynthesis in plants. Also provided are constructs comprising these sequences, plants transformed therewith and methods of use thereof. The invention allows the modification of plants for increased wax production, particularly in leaves. The inventors have demonstrated increased drought tolerance in connection with increased leaf wax production engineered in plants.
Claims17
An isolated nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:1;
- b) a nucleic acid comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2;
- (c) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide with at least 95% amino acid identity to SEQ ID NO:1 that activates wax biosynthesis in a plant cell;
- (d) the complement of a sequence of (a) or (b).
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