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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Sathish Puthigae, Auckland, NZ;
Jonathan Robert Phillips, Bonn, DE;
Claudia Jeannette Smith-espinoza, Bonn, DE;
Catherine Jane Bryant, Papatoetoe, NZ;
Kieran Michael Elborough, Franklin, NZ;
Margaret Biswas, Auckland, NZ;
Sathish Puthigae, Auckland, NZ;
Jonathan Robert Phillips, Bonn, DE;
Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza, Bonn, DE;
Catherine Jane Bryant, Papatoetoe, NZ;
Kieran Michael Elborough, Franklin, NZ;
Margaret Biswas, Auckland, NZ;
Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions for producing plant with altered biomass, the methods comprising the step of altering the expression and/or activity of the polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, or a variant thereof, in a plant cell or plant. The invention also provides a polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, and fragments of variants thereof the sequence. The invention also provides polynucleotides encoding such polypeptide sequences. The invention also provides constructs, cells and plants comprising such polynucleotides.