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Any method to increase cellulose in plants would have a huge impact in forestry and other fiber crops. Photosynthates, the building blocks of cellulose, play a crucial role in plant growth and survival. An important key to cellulose biosynthesis is allocation of these photosynthates to the principal cellulose producing cells in the xylem. Therefore, one means of increasing fiber yield in trees is to create a sink for existing photosynthates in xylem cells. We have cloned a bacterial UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UDPG-PPase) gene, responsible for the synthesis of UDPG, a high energy substrate for cellulose biosynthesis in both bacteria and plants. The over-expression of this gene with CaMV 35s in transgenic tobacco resulted in increased UDPG-PPase activity and increased cellulose. Current emphasis is focused on the xylem-preferred expression of this gene as well as the expression of the UDPG-PPase gene in trees.
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Altering Carbon Allocation Within a Plant Increases Cellulose, 1997 Biological Sciences Symposium Pr
