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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2003
Applicants:
Ute Heim, Gatersleben, DE;
Karin Herbers, Quedlinburg, DE;
Uwe Sonnewald, Quedlinburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 15/11 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A23L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to methods for the directed, transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences in the carbohydrate-storing sink tissues of plants using transgenic expression cassettes which comprise theplastidic 1,4-α-D-glucan:phosphate α-D-glucosyltransferase promoter. Furthermore, the invention relates to said transgenic expression cassettes and to transgenic expression vectors and transgenic organisms comprising them, and to the use of the same for the production of foodstuffs, feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals.