Patent ID: 8921653
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
1. A vector comprising a substantially purified or isolated nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment encoding a CCR comprising the sequence shown in Sequence ID No: 7; (b) an open reading frame encoding a CCR shown in (c) the complements of the sequences recited in (a) and (b); (d) sequences antisense to the full length of the sequences recited in (a), (b) and (c); and (e) functionally active variants of the sequences recited in (a), (b), (c), and (d), being capable of modifying lignin biosynthesis in a plant and having at least 95% identity to the entirety of the sequence recited in (a), (b), (c) or (d); wherein the nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment is operably linked to a heterologous regulatory element.