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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard N. Bloksberg, Auckland, NZ;
Ilkka Havukkala, Auckland, NZ;
Alastair Grierson, Middlewich, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 4/00 ; A01H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 4/00 ; A01H 5/00 ;
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 and structure in plants and methods for producing plants having altered lignin content and structure, are also disclosed, the methods comprising and incorporating one or more of the polynucleotides disclosed herein into the genome of a plant.