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Title: Suppression of Tla1 gene expression for improved solar conversion efficiency and photosynthetic productivity in plants and algae

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176406

The invention provides method and compositions to minimize the chlorophyll antenna size of photosynthesis by decreasing TLA1 gene expression, thereby improving solar conversion efficiencies and photosynthetic productivity in plants, e.g., green microalgae, under bright sunlight conditions.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-00GO10536; FG36-05GO15041
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
7,745,696
Application Number:
11/423,620
OSTI ID:
1176406
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2006 Jun 12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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tla1, a DNA insertional transformant of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with a truncated light-harvesting chlorophyll antenna size journal February 2003
The Arabidopsis 14-3-3 Multigene Family journal August 1997
Virus resistance and gene silencing: killing the messenger journal November 1999