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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Edgar B. Cahoon, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Sean J. Coughlan, Hockessin, DE (US);
Rebecca E. Cahoon, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Karlene H. Butler, Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Edgar B. Cahoon, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Sean J. Coughlan, Hockessin, DE (US);
Rebecca E. Cahoon, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Karlene H. Butler, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/52 (2006.01); C12N 15/54 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocol content in seeds. The invention further provides expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides methods for altering tocol content in seeds.