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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2019
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Daniel A. Jacobson, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
David Kainer, Knoxville, TN (US);
Deborah A. Weighill, Somerville, MA (US);
Anna K. Furches, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods of producing plants with preferred levels of cell wall biosynthesis; and uses of such plants. The inventors have identified that the GFR9, CCoAOMT and MYB41 genes are major regulators of the cell wall biosynthesis pathway. Plants with modulated cell wall biosynthesis, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the GFR9, CCoAOMT and MYB41 genes, have divergent uses including pulp and paper production, and bioproduct production.