TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ALTERED STARCH LEVELS AS A RESULT OF THE VARIATION OF THE ACTIVITY OF VEGETABLE NUDIX THAT HYDROLYSE ADP-GLUCOSE

摘要

The present invention relates to the production of transgenic plants with altered levels of starch as a result of the variation of the activity of vegetable nudix that hydrolyse ADP-glucose. Therefore, a description is given in this invention of how to obtain not only transgenic plants that over-express vegetable ASPPs and therefore accumulate little starch, but also transgenic plants that have a high starch content as a result of the reduction of the vegetable ASPP activity.