Title:
BIOENGINEERING COTTON FIBER PROPERTIES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003098186
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention provides plant fiber expansion (FE) genes that encode FE polypeptides, such as phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase (PEPcase), expansin, endoglucanase, xyloglucan endoglycosyltransferase (XET), and pectin methyl esterase (PME). The invention further provides fiber-specific promoters. Still further, the invention provides molecular strategies for modulating fiber quality and yield in fiber producing plants by modulating expression of FE genes or mutant forms of FE genes.
Inventors:
WILKINS THEA A (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/015269
Publication Date:
April 07, 2005
Filing Date:
May 16, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIVERSTIY OF CALIFORNIA (US)
WILKINS THEA A (US)
WILKINS THEA A (US)
International Classes:
C07K14/415; C12N9/10; C12N9/42; C12N9/88; C12N15/82; (IPC1-7): C07H21/04; C12N15/82; C12N15/87; A01H5/00
Foreign References:
| US6472588B1 | 2002-10-29 | |||
| US20040197915A1 | 2004-10-07 | |||
| US5495070A | 1996-02-27 |
Other References:
DATABASE GENBANK [online] 1997, VODJANI F. ET AL., XP002984348, accession no. NCBI Database accession no. (AF008939)
ORFORD S.J. ET AL.: "Specific expression of an expansin gene during elongation of coton fibres", BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA, vol. 3, 1998, pages 342 - 346, XP000866032
ORFORD S.J. ET AL.: "Specific expression of an expansin gene during elongation of coton fibres", BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA, vol. 3, 1998, pages 342 - 346, XP000866032
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