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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher R Somerville, Okemos, MI (US);
Yves Poirier, East Lansing, MI (US);
Douglas E Dennis, Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H / ; A01H / ; C12N / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800205 ; 800250 ; 4351723 ; 435135 ; 435 691 ; 4353201 ; 536 237 ; 47 58 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to transgenic plants which produce poly-beta-D-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) and related polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). The production of PHB is accomplished by genetically transforming the plants with modified genes from microorganisms. The genes encode the enzymes required to synthesize PHB from acetyl-CoA or related metabolites. PHB is a very useful polymer which is biodegradable.