USE OF THE MYB4 TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTOR FROM RICE TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES BY TRANSFORMED PLANTS

摘要

The invention relates to the use of rice cDNA coding for Myb4 and/or of the rice transcription factor Myb4 and/or the functional homologues thereof for the production of products of chemical, pharmaceuticaland phytopharmaceutical interest, in particular of metabolites generated by plants transformed with said factor Myb4, the use of the plants overexpressing said transcription factor for the production of products of interest and also the use of cDNA coding for Myb4 and/or of the transcription factor Myb4 to confer tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate to transformed plants.