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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Bayer Cropscience N.v., Diegem, BE;
Inventors:
Marc De Block, Merelbeke, BE;
Frank Meulewaeter, Merelbeke, BE;
Rainhard Koch, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Bernd Essigmann, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Bayer CropScience N.V., Diegem, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); D02G 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8246 (2013.01); C12N 9/1051 (2013.01); D02G 3/02 (2013.01); Y10T 428/249921 (2015.04);
Abstract
Methods and means are provided for the modification of the reactivity of plant cell walls, particularly as they can be found in natural fibers of fiber producing plants by inclusion of positively charged oligosaccharides or polysaccharides into the cell wall. This can be conveniently achieved by expressing a chimeric gene encoding an N-acetylglucosamine transferase, particularly an N-acetylglucosamine transferase, capable of being targeted to the membranes of the Golgi apparatus in cells of a plant.