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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
UT Battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Jay Chen, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Nancy L. Engle, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Lee E. Gunter, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Sara Jawdy, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Gerald A. Tuskan, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8255 (2013.01); C12N 9/1029 (2013.01); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure provides methods and transgenic plants for improved production of renewable biofuels and other plant-derived biomaterials by altering the expression and/or activity of Gene Y, an O-acetyltransferase. This disclosure also provides expression vectors containing a nucleic acid (Gene Y) which encodes the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 and is operably linked to a heterologous promoter.