Patent ID: 7897839

Claim:
A transgenic plant comprising at least one exogenous polynucleotide, said at least one exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid encoding a cytochrome P450 polypeptide having 22-α hydroxylase activity, said polypeptide having 85% or greater sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said exogenous polynucleotide further comprises a control element operably linked to said nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide, wherein said control element is a broadly expressing promoter or a constitutive promoter, and wherein said plant has an increased height relative to a control plant, an increased plant weight relative to a control plant, an increased seed weight relative to a control plant, an increased seed yield relative to a control plant, an increase in a level of 6-deoxocathasterone relative to a control plant, or a decrease in a level of campestanol relative to a control plant.