Stable, fertile, high polyhydroxyalkanoate producing plants and methods of producing them

Bohmert-Tatarev, Karen; McAvoy, Susan; Peoples, Oliver P.; Snell, Kristi D.

Stable, fertile, high polyhydroxyalkanoate producing plants and methods of producing them

Patent · 04 August 2015

OSTI ID:1207282

Bohmert-Tatarev, Karen; McAvoy, Susan; Peoples, Oliver P.; Snell, Kristi D.

Transgenic plants that produce high levels of polyhydroxybutyrate and methods of producing them are provided. In a preferred embodiment the transgenic plants are produced using plastid transformation technologies and utilize genes which are codon optimized. Stably transformed plants able to produce greater than 10% dwt PHS in tissues are also provided.

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Research Organization:: Metabolix, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC07-01ID14214

Assignee:: Metabolix, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)

Patent Number(s):: 9,096,861

Application Number:: 12/718,498

OSTI ID:: 1207282

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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