Genetic engineering of wood color in plants

Inventors

Vincent Lee C. Chiang
Chung-Jui Tsai, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Gopi K. Podila

Files

Abstract

The invention relates to genetically engineering the wood color of woody plants by incorporation of the lignin pathway gene O-methyltransferase into the genome of the plants.

Patent Number

5,886,243

Assignee

Board of Control of Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Mich.

Application Number

715,325

Date Filed

9-18-1996

Certificate of Correction

No

Issue Date

3-23-1999

Disciplines

Biological Engineering | Biomaterials | Engineering

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Chiang, Vincent Lee C.; Tsai, Chung-Jui; and Podila, Gopi K., "Genetic engineering of wood color in plants" (1999). Michigan Tech Patents. 82.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/patents/82