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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2010
Fredy Altpeter, Gainesville, FL (US);
Walid Mohamed Fouad, Gainesville, FL (US);
Maria Gallo, Gainesville, FL (US);
Je Hyeong Jung, Gainesville, FL (US);
Yuan Xiong, Gainesville, FL (US);
Fredy Altpeter, Gainesville, FL (US);
Walid Mohamed Fouad, Gainesville, FL (US);
Maria Gallo, Gainesville, FL (US);
Je Hyeong Jung, Gainesville, FL (US);
Yuan Xiong, Gainesville, FL (US);
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
The subject invention concerns materials and methods for modulating lignin biosynthesis in sugarcane plants. In one embodiment, lignin biosynthesis is down-regulated. Genes and the proteins encoded thereby that can be targeted for achieving down-regulation of lignin in sugarcane include, for example, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL). In one embodiment, the 4CL gene is 4CL-M, 4CL-N, or 4CL-L. The subject invention also concerns a sugarcane plant, specific plant tissue, and plant cells having modulated (e.g., down-regulated) lignin biosynthesis. The subject invention also concerns methods for producing a sugarcane plant having modulated (e.g., decreased or down-regulated) biosynthesis of lignin.