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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2011
Curtis Wilkerson, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
John Ralph, Madison, WI (US);
Saunia Withers, Lansing, MI (US);
Shawn D. Mansfield, Vancouver, CA;
Curtis Wilkerson, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
John Ralph, Madison, WI (US);
Saunia Withers, Lansing, MI (US);
Shawn D. Mansfield, Vancouver, CA;
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
The University of British Columbia, , CA;
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to nucleic acids encoding a feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase and the feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzyme that enables incorporation of monolignol ferulates, for example, including p-coumaryl ferulate, coniferyl ferulate, and sinapyl ferulate, into the lignin of plants.