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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Arrowhead Center, Inc., Las Cruces, NM (US);
Champa Sengupta Gopalan, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Mark Seger, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Jose L. Ortega-Carranza, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Arrowhead Center, Inc., Las Cruces, NM (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise altering the biosynthesis and accumulation of sucrose in legumes by transforming the plants with the sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) gene of maize, and closely related regulatory genes. Embodiments of the present invention further comprise altering the assimilation of nitrogen in legumes by transforming the plants with the glutamine synthetase (GS) gene of soybean, and closely related regulatory genes. Embodiments of the present invention further comprise transforming legume plants with both SPS and GS genes. In addition, embodiments of the present invention relate to enhancing expression of transgenes through the 5' UTR of the(soybean) cytosolic glutamine synthetase (Gmglnβ) gene.