METHODS FOR PROVIDING EXPRESSION OF APOLIPOPROTEIN IN PLANTS, PLANTS AND SEEDS CONTAINING APOLIPOPROTEIN

摘要

Methods for the production of an apolipoprotein in plants are described. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for the expression of apolipoprotein in plants comprising : (a) providing a chimeric nucleic acid construct comprising in the 5' to 3' direction of transcription as operably linked components: (i) a nucleic acid sequence capable of controlling expression in plant cells; and (ii) a nucleic acid sequence encoding an apolipoprotein polypeptide; (b) introducing the chimeric nucleic acid construct into a plant cell; and growing the plant cell into a mature plant capable of setting seed wherein the seed expresses apolipoprotein.