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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, Normal, IL (US);
Curtis Wilkerson, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
John Ralph, Madison, WI (US);
Saunia Withers, Durham, NC (US);
John Sedbrook, Bloomington, IL (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, Normal, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to nucleic acids encoding a p-coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase and to inhibitory nucleic acids adapted to inhibit the expression and/or translation of a p-coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase RNA. Inhibition of p-coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase in plants improves the incorporation of monolignol ferulates into the lignin of plants, giving rise to plant biomass that is more easily processed into useful products such as paper and biofuels.