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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martina Block, Bonn, DE;
Horst Lörz, Hamburg, DE;
Stephanie Lütticke, Hamburg, DE;
Lennart Walter, Glückstadt, DE;
Claus Frohberg, Berlin, DE;
Jens Kossmann, Golm, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Schering AgrEvo, GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/529 ; C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 5/00 ; C12P 1/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/529 ; C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 5/00 ; C12P 1/904 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding enzymes which are involved in the starch synthesis in plants. These enzymes are starch synthases from wheat. The invention further relates to vectors and host cells containing said nucleic acid molecules, in particular transformed plant cells and plants regenerated from these cells, which exhibit an increased or a reduced activity of the described starch synthases.