Patents Assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA/UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRIAL LIAISON OFFICE
  • Feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase
    Patent number: 9441235
    Abstract: The invention relates to nucleic acids encoding a feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase and the feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzyme that enables incorporation of monolignol ferulates, for example, including p-coumaryl ferulate, coniferyl ferulate, and sinapyl ferulate, into the lignin of plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA/UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRIAL LIAISON OFFICE
    Inventors: Curtis Wilkerson, John Ralph, Saunia Withers, Shawn D. Mansfield