US 12,129,472 B2
Plants with improved growth
Anna Karlberg, Umeå (SE); David Jonsén, Umeå (SE); Linus Möller, Umeå (SE); Magnus Hertzberg, Umeå (SE); and Pär Jonsson, Umeå (SE)
Assigned to SweTREE Technologies AB, Umeå (SE)
Appl. No. 16/769,393
Filed by SweTree Technologies AB, Umeå (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2018, PCT No. PCT/SE2018/051245
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 3, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/112509, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1751493-6 (SE), filed on Dec. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0403932 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8226 (2013.01) [C12N 15/8227 (2013.01); C12N 15/8229 (2013.01); C12N 15/8261 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A genetically modified woody plant comprising a heterologous nucleic acid construct comprising a promoter sequence operably linked to a coding sequence encoding a G47 gene comprising
(i) a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 21, 51, 53, 55, 101, or 103, or an ortholog thereof, or
(ii) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, 50, 52, 54, 100 or 102, or an ortholog thereof,
wherein the promoter sequence is selected from the group consisting of:
(a) a pLMP1 promoter sequence comprising the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 13 or 33,
(b) a pEC1 promoter sequence comprising the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, 32 or 39, and
(c) a pEA2 promoter sequence comprising the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9 or 29.