PLASMIDS CONTAINING DNA-SEQUENCES THAT CAUSE CHANGES IN THE CARBOHYDRATE CONCENTRATION AND THE CARBOHYDRATE COMPOSITION IN PLANTS, AS WELL AS PLANT CELLS AND PLANTS CONTAINING THESE PLASMIDS

摘要

Plasmids are described having DNA sequences thatafter insertion into the genome of the plants causechanges in the carbohydrate concentration and thecarbohydrate composition in regenerated plants. Thesechanges can be obtained from a sequence of a branchingenzyme that is located on these plasmids. This branchingenzyme alters the amylose/amylopectin ratio in starch ofthe plants, especially in commercially used plants.