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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Guofu LI, Johnston, IA (US);
Qiang Liu, Foster City, CA (US);
Andrew Jamieson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Rebar, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Mylavarapu Venkatramesh, Ballwin, MO (US);
Guofu Li, Johnston, IA (US);
Qiang Liu, Foster City, CA (US);
Andrew Jamieson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Rebar, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Mylavarapu Venkatramesh, Ballwin, MO (US);
Sangamo Biosciences, Inc., Richmond, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are zinc finger proteins that bind to target sites in a plant gamma-tocopherol methyl transferase (GMT) gene; compositions comprising these GMT-targeted zinc finger proteins and methods of making and using such zinc finger proteins. Also disclosed are methods for modulating the alpha-tocopherol content in various plant organs, particularly seeds, in transgenic plants.