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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1997
David Cooke, Bedfordshire, GB;
Martine Debet, Northampton, GB;
Michael J. Gidley, Northamptonshire, GB;
Stephen A. Jobling, Huntingdon, GB;
Richard Safford, Bedfordshire, GB;
Christopher M. Sidebottom, Bedfordshire, GB;
Roger J. Westcott, Northamptonshire, GB;
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, New Castle, DE (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a nucleotide sequence encoding an effective portion of a class A starch branching enzyme (SBE) obtainable from potato plants, or a functional equivalent thereof, together with, inter alia, a corresponding polypeptide, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, a plant having altered characteristics; and starch, particularly starch obtained from a potato plant, having novel properties.