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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; A01H / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 236 ; 536 231 ; 536 232 ; 800278 ; 800298 ; 800319 ;
Abstract
Novel isolated DNA sequences associated with the lignin biosynthetic pathway are provided, together with DNA constructs including such sequences. Methods for the modulation of lignin content in plants are also disclosed, the methods comprising incorporating one or more of the inventive DNA sequences or a sequence complementary to an inventive DNA sequence into the genome of a plant.