Bayer Cropscience Gmbh

Bayer Cropscience Ag

Aventis Cropscience Gmbh

Monsanto Agrar Deutschland Gmbh

Dirk Becker

Jens Pilling

Volker Landschütze

Horst Lörz

Horst Loerz

Stephanie Luetticke

Gabi Schewe

Petra Knies

Simone Franceska Amati

Stefanie Sprunck

Antje Kluth

Manfred Gahrtz

Maren Schroder

Horst Lorz

Volker Landschutze

The present invention relates to monocotyledon plant cells and plants which are genetically modified, wherein the genetic modification consists of the introduction of an extraneous nucleic acid molecule which codes for a protein with the biological activity of an R1 protein. The present invention further relates to means and methods for the production thereof. Plant cells and plants of this type synthesise a modified starch, which is characterised in that it has an increased phosphate content and/or a modified phosphorylation pattern and/or an increased final viscosity in an RVA profile and/or a reduced peak temperature in DSC analysis and/or an increased gel strength in the texture analysis compared with starch from corresponding non-genetically modified monocotyledon plants. Therefore, the present invention also relates to the starch which is synthesised from the plant cells and plants according to the invention, and to methods of producing said starch. The present invention further relates to wheat flours which contain said modified starches, and to food products and bakery products which contain said wheat flours and/or starch.

Monocotyledon plant cells and plants which synthesize modified starch

The present invention relates to transgenic plants, such as wheat or maize, comprising plant cells having SEQ. ID. NO. 1 and seeds derived from those plants. It also relates to the use of said seed for the preparation of a flour which in turn is used for the preparation of food and/or feed such as dough, batters, pastries, cookies, pasta, wafers, bread and/or confectionery. The thus obtained gliadin-free foodstuff is beneficial for feeding patients suffering from coeliac disease and/or other forms of gluten intolerance.

Modified low molecular weight glutenin gene in plants

The present invention relates to monocotyledon plant cells and plants which are genetically modified, wherein the genetic modification consists of the introduction of an extraneous nucleic acid molecule which codes for a protein with the biological activity of an R1 protein. The present invention further relates to means and methods for the production thereof. Plant cells and plants of this type synthesise a modified starch, which is characterised in that it has an increased phosphate content and/or a modified phoshorylation pattern and/or an increased final viscosity in an RVA profile and/or a reduced peak temperature in DSC analysis and/or an increased gel strength in the texture analysis compared with starch from corresponding non-genetically modified monocotyledon plants. Therefore, the present invention also relates to the starch which is synthesised from the plant cells and plants according to the invention, and to methods of producing said starch. The present invention further relates to wheat flours which contain said modified starches, and to food products and bakery products which contain said wheat flours and/or starch.

Monocotyledon plant cells and plants which synthesise modified starch

The present invention relates to promoters which permit a caryopsis-specific expression or suppression of genes in genetically modified plants, to methods for the tissue-specific gene expression or gene suppression in plants, expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters, to transgenic plant cells and plants transformed with said promoters, and to methods for generating such plant cells and plants.

Promoters for gene expression in caryopses of plants

The present invention provides promoters which bring about a caryopsis-specific expression of coding nucleotide sequences controlled by them, and to expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters. Transformed transgenic plant cells and plants and methods for generating them, are also described.

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Dirk Becker