METHOD FOR THE GENETIC MODULATION OF THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF HEMICELLULOSES, CELLULOSE AND URONIC ACIDS IN PLANT CELLS USING GENE EXPRESSION CASSETTES
| Escritório | USPTO |
| Tipo de documento: | Patente |
| Inventor(es): | Carlos Alberto Labate; Mônica Teresa Veneziano Labate; Ana Leticia Ferreira Bertolo; Daniela Defavari Nascimento; Gunta Gutmaris; Maria Inez Fernandes Faraldo |
| Depositante: | Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Fundação de Estudos Agrários Luiz de Queiroz (FEALQ); Suzano Bahia Sul Papel e Celulose S/A |
| Ano: | 2005 |
| Número do Pedido: | US 10/586,875 |
| IPC: | A01H 1/00 A01H 5/00 C07H 21/00 C08B 15/00 C12N 15/82 C12N 15/87 C12N 15/89 D21C 9/00 |
The present invention refers to gene expression cassettes encoding enzymes involved in the metabolic pathway for the biosynthesis of hemicelluloses, cellulose and/or uronic acids, and to a method for genetic transformation of plant cells through the introduction of one or more gene expression cassettes from the present invention, and the overexpression and repression of these genes in plants. More particularly, the present invention refers to a method for introducing expression cassettes in plants. Additionally, the present invention refers to genetically modified plants. The present invention also refers to the attainment of the genetically modified plant, its derived plants and seeds, as well as the wood, paper and cellulose from this plant.
| Processo FAPESP: | 01/11080-8 - Alteração da qualidade da madeira do eucalipto |
| Beneficiário: | Carlos Alberto Labate |
| Pesquisador responsável: | Carlos Alberto Labate |
| Instituição: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Parceria para Inovação Tecnológica - PITE |