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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2017
Methods for increasing oil content in plant tissues by suppressing hydrophobic lipid droplet protein
University of North Texas, Denton, TX (US);
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Robert Mullen, Denton, TX (US);
Michal Pyc, Denton, TX (US);
Kent Chapman, Denton, TX (US);
Robert Mullen, Denton, TX (US);
Michal Pyc, Denton, TX (US);
John M. Dyer, Denton, TX (US);
University of North Texas, Denton, TX (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to increasing oil content in plants through manipulating expression of proteins, namely At5g16550 proteins. At5g16550 proteins are lipid droplet proteins. Plants having reduced expression of At5g16550 proteins demonstrate cytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs) that are increased in size, resulting in greater overall oil content in the plant cells.