Patent ID: 8080708

Claim:
An expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid molecule which comprises a promoter that drives expression in a plant cell and is operably linked to: a) a first nucleotide sequence having the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 71; b) a spacer nucleotide sequence; and c) a second nucleotide sequence that is fully complementary to the first nucleotide sequence; wherein a), b) and c) are arranged in a 5′ to 3′ direction, respectively; and wherein expression of said nucleic acid molecule in a soybean plant transformed with said expression cassette results in a hairpin RNA structure which decreases the expression of an endogenous multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) in said soybean plant and thereby reducing phytate levels of said transformed soybean plant compared to a control soybean plant lacking said expression cassette.