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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
May. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Quanz, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
PlantTec Biotechnologie GmbH, Potsdam, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/531 ; C12N 5/04 ; A01H 5/00 ; C12P 1/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/531 ; C12N 5/04 ; A01H 5/00 ; C12P 1/904 ;
Abstract
Transgenic plant cells and plants with an increased activity of an amylosucrase protein and an increased activity of a branching enzyme are provided. Such plant cells and plants synthesize a modified starch and/or synthesize &agr;-1,6 branched &agr;-1,4-glucans with a modified branching degree in O-6-position and/or give a higher yield in comparison with corresponding genetically non-modified wild type plants (plant cells).