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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2010
Taku Demura, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Endo, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Sato, Kameyama, JP;
Nobuyuki Nishikubo, Kameyama, JP;
Taku Demura, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Endo, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Sato, Kameyama, JP;
Nobuyuki Nishikubo, Kameyama, JP;
Riken, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a method for increasing the thickness of the secondary cell wall of a plant. A method for increasing the thickness of the secondary cell wall of a plant by using a tracheary element differentiation (TED)-associated protein or a C-terminal fragment of the same, which comprises constructing a transgenic (Tg) plant containing, in an expressible manner, a DNA encoding protein(s) selected from the group consisting of a combination of TED6 with TED7, a C-terminal fragment of TED6, a C-terminal fragment of TED7, and a combination of a C-terminal fragment of TED6 with a C-terminal fragment of TED7, and expressing said DNA in said plant; the Tg plant; and a progeny, a cell, a tissue or a seed of the same.