Abstract: The invention pertains to methods of altering growth, lignin content, coniferyl and sinapyl alcohol units in the lignin structure, disease resistance and cellulose content in plants by transformation with a lignin pathway p-coumarate Co-enzyme A ligase (4CL) nucleic acid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 1997
Date of Patent:
September 24, 2002
Assignee:
Board of Control of Michigan Technological University
Inventors:
Vincent Lee C. Chiang, Chung-Jui Tsai, Wen-Jing Hu