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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2019
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dominique Loque, Geneva, CH;
Aymerick Eudes, Emeryville, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 9/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8255 (2013.01); C12N 9/88 (2013.01); C12Y 402/01118 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides an expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide that encodes a protein that diverts a monolignol precursor from a lignin biosynthesis pathway in the plant, which is operably linked to a heterologous promoter. Also provided are methods of engineering a plant having reduced lignin content, as well as plant cells, plant parts, and plant tissues from such engineered plants.