METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING STEROL ACCUMULATION INHIGHER PLANTS

A method of increasing sterol accumulation in a plant by increasing the copy number of a gene encoding a polypeptide having HNMG-CoA reductase activity is disclosed. The copy number is preferably increased by transforming plants with a recombinant DNA molecule comprising a vector operatively linked...

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Hauptverfasser:	SAUNDERS, COURT A, WOLF, FRED R, CUELLAR, RICHARD E, CHAPPELL, JOSEPH
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS THEREOF CULTURE MEDIA ENZYMOLOGY FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE FISHING FORESTRY HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS SPIRITS TRAPPING VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of increasing sterol accumulation in a plant by increasing the copy number of a gene encoding a polypeptide having HNMG-CoA reductase activity is disclosed. The copy number is preferably increased by transforming plants with a recombinant DNA molecule comprising a vector operatively linked to an exogenous DNA segment that encodes a polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity, and a promoter suitable for driving the expression of said polypeptide. Also disclosed are a method of increasing cycloartenol accumulation in a plant, a method of increasing the resistance of plants to pests and the transformed plants themselves.