Patent ID: 6252134
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
A method for producing a plant with improved breadmaking characteristics comprising the steps of:(a) transforming a wheat cell to contain a heterologous DNA segment encoding a protein and derived from a wheat HMW-GS 1Ax1 polynucleotide not native to said cell; wherein said polynucleotide is operably linked to a promoter that can be used effectively for expression of transgenic proteins in the endosperm tissue;(b) growing and maintaining said cell under conditions whereby a transgenic wheat plant is regenerated therefrom;(c) growing said transgenic plant under conditions whereby said DNA is expressed, whereby the total amount of HMW-GS in seeds of said wheat plant is increased, resulting in improving the breadmaking characteristics of flour produced from said seeds.