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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Meyrick Burrell, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/529 ; C12N 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/529 ; C12N 5/04 ;
Abstract
Starch of wheat and maize plants is altered by the introduction of a chimeric gene comprising a glycogen synthase coding sequence under the control of a promoter directing expression and a terminator. A transit peptide for translocation of the glycogen synthase to the plant plastid may also be included in the chimeric gene. The starch has altered processing characteristics, in particular an increased chain length.