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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Clinton C. S. Chapple, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Rochus Franke, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Max O. Ruegger, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Clinton C. S. Chapple, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Rochus Franke, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Max O. Ruegger, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/55 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for altering secondary metabolism in plants, specifically phenylpropanoid metabolism. The present invention is further directed to a mutant p-coumarate 3-hydroxylase gene, referred to herein as the ref8 gene, its protein product which can be used to prepare gene constructs and transgenic plants. The gene constructs and transgenic plants are further aspects of the present invention.