Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120047601 | Method of Reducing Acetylation in Plants to Improve Biofuel Production - The invention provides methods for engineering plants to have reduced levels of acetylation by decreasing expression of one or more Cas1L genes. Such plants can be used, e.g., to increase yield for biofuel production. | 02-23-2012 |
20120117686 | STRESS-TOLERANT PLANTS EXPRESSING MANNOSYLGLYCERATE-PRODUCING ENZYMES - The present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing the level of mannosylglycerate in plants. Plants with increased levels of mannosylglycerate exhibit enhanced tolerance to stress, e.g., drought. | 05-10-2012 |
20140033365 | Inhibition of a Xylosyltransferase to Improve Saccharification Efficiency - The invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of the gene XAX1 in grass plants. Plants with inhibited expression of XAX1 have use, e.g., in biofuel production by increasing the amount of soluble sugar that can be extracted from the plant. | 01-30-2014 |
20140298539 | SPATIALLY MODIFIED GENE EXPRESSION IN PLANTS - The invention provides methods of engineering plants having lignin deposition or xylan deposition that is substantially localized to the vessels of xylem tissue in the plant. The invention also provides methods of engineering plants to increase production of a desired biosynthetic product, e.g., to have increased secondary cell wall deposition or increased wax/cutin accumulation. The engineered plants of the present invention have use in bioenergy production, e.g., by improving the density and the digestibility of biomass derived from the plant and to improve water usage requirements. | 10-02-2014 |
20150051376 | Dominant negative mutations of Arabidopsis RWA - The present invention provides for dominant negative mutations of | 02-19-2015 |
20150082494 | Cell Modified in the Expression of a Nucleotide Sugar Transporter - The present invention provides for a genetically modified eukaryotic host cell comprising (a) a gene encoding a first nucleotide sugar transporter (NST) operably linked to a promoter, wherein the gene and/or the promoter is heterologous to the cell, and/or (b) a native gene encoding a second NTS is disrupted and/or a promoter of the native gene is disrupted. Such modified cells can be altered in the production of polysaccharide and/or glycopeptides. The present invention also provides for methods of making or using such modified cells. | 03-19-2015 |
20150099872 | REGULATION OF GALACTAN SYNTHASE EXPRESSION TO MODIFY GALACTAN CONTENT IN PLANTS - The disclosure provides methods of engineering plants to modulate galactan content. Specifically, the disclosure provides methods for engineering a plant to increase the galactan content in a plant tissue by inducing expression of beta-1,4-galactan synthase (GALS), modulated by a heterologous promoter. Further disclosed are the methods of modulating expression level of GALS under the regulation of a transcription factor, as well as overexpression of UDP-galactose epimerse in the same plant tissue. Tissue specific promoters and transcription factors can be used in the methods are also provided. | 04-09-2015 |
20150307892 | MODULATION OF EXPRESSION OF ACYLTRANSFERASES TO MODIFY HYDROXYCINNAMIC ACID CONTENT - The invention provides methods of engineering plants to modulate hydroxycinnamic acid content. The invention additionally provides compositions and methods comprising such plants. | 10-29-2015 |