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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Applicant:
The State of Israel—ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (Aro) (Volcani Center) [il/il], Bet-Dagan, IL;
Inventors:
David Granot, Jerusalem, IL;
Marcelo Ariel German, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Rakefet David-Schwartz, Givat Yeshayahu, IL;
Nir Dai, Kiryat Ono, IL;
Arthur Schaffer, Hashmonaim, IL;
Marina Petrikov, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/1062 (2013.01); C12N 9/1205 (2013.01); C12N 15/8201 (2013.01); C12N 15/8245 (2013.01); C12N 15/8246 (2013.01); C12N 15/8261 (2013.01); C12Y 207/01004 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to transgenic plants exhibiting increased cell wall content. In one embodiment, transgenic plants engineered to over-express fructokinase (FRK) or both FRK and sucrose synthase (SuSy) are provided. The FRK+SuSy double-transgenic plants of the invention consistently exhibit enhanced cell wall polymer deposition.