Transgenic plants that exhibit enhanced nitrogen assimilation
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing plants with improved agronomic and nutritional traits. Such traits include enhanced nitrogen assimilatory and utilization capacities, faster and more vigorous growth, greater vegetative and reproductive yields, and enriched or altered nitrogen content in vegetative and reproductive parts. More particularly, the invention relates to the engineering of plants modified to have altered expression of key enzymes in the nitrogen assimilation and utilization pathways. In one embodiment of the present invention, the desired altered expression is accomplished by engineering the plant for ectopic overexpression of one of more the native or modified nitrogen assimilatory enzymes. The invention also has a number of other embodiments, all of which are disclosed herein.
- Inventors:
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- New York, NY
- Durham, NC
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- New York University (New York, NY)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872527
- Patent Number(s):
- 5955651
- Assignee:
- New York University (New York, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-92ER20071
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- transgenic; plants; exhibit; enhanced; nitrogen; assimilation; relates; method; producing; improved; agronomic; nutritional; traits; assimilatory; utilization; capacities; faster; vigorous; growth; vegetative; reproductive; yields; enriched; altered; content; particularly; engineering; modified; expression; key; enzymes; pathways; embodiment; desired; accomplished; plant; ectopic; overexpression; native; embodiments; disclosed; altered expression; transgenic plants; nitrogen assimilation; nitrogen assimilatory; exhibit enhanced; enhanced nitrogen; nutritional traits; utilization capacities; transgenic plant; improved agronomic; producing plants; /800/
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Coruzzi, Gloria M, and Brears, Timothy. Transgenic plants that exhibit enhanced nitrogen assimilation. United States: N. p., 1999.
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