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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Vincent L. Chiang, Hancock, MI (US);
Luguang Wu, Kenmore, AU;
Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, Houghton, MI (US);
Daniel T. Carraway, Bainbridge, GA (US);
Vincent L. Chiang, Hancock, MI (US);
Luguang Wu, Kenmore, AU;
Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, Houghton, MI (US);
Daniel T. Carraway, Bainbridge, GA (US);
Board of Control of Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to an isolated cellulose synthase promoter, methods for genetically altering cellulose and lignin biosynthesis, and to methods for improving strength properties of juvenile wood and fiber in trees. The invention further relates to methods for identifying regulatory elements in a cellulose synthase promoter and to methods for augmenting expression of polynucleotides operably linked to a cellulose synthase promoter.