Generation of plants with altered oil content
AssigneeAgrinomics LLC
InventorsJonathan Lightner, Hein Tsoeng (Medard) Ng, John P. Davies
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of a HIO32.3 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype.
Claims16
A transgenic plant comprising a plant transformation vector comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a HIO32.3 polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, or an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, whereby the transgenic plant has a high oil phenotype relative to a plant of the same species that does not comprise the plant transformation vector.
A method of producing a high oil phenotype in a plant, said method comprising:
- a) introducing into progenitor cells of the plant a plant transformation vector comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a HIO32.3 polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, or an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, and
- b) growing the transformed progenitor cells to produce a transgenic plant, wherein said polynucleotide sequence is expressed, and said transgenic plant exhibits a high oil phenotype relative to a plant of the same species that does not comprise the plant transformation vector.
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