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EP 2 316 928 A8 |
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CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation |
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Correction information: |
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Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1) |
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Corrigendum issued on: |
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27.07.2011 Bulletin 2011/30 |
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Date of publication: |
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04.05.2011 Bulletin 2011/18 |
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Date of filing: 29.10.2009 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO
PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR |
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AL BA RS |
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Applicant: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
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80539 München (DE) |
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- Leister, Dario
81373 München (DE)
- Pribil, Mathias
81539 München (DE)
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Representative: Engelhard, Markus |
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Forrester & Boehmert
Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE) |
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Improvement of photosynthesis rate |
(57) The invention relates to methods of increasing the photosynthesis rate of a plant
cell and/or the production of biomass in a plant, as well as to plant cells and plants
with increased photosynthesis rate/production of biomass. The present invention also
relates to a phosphatase of the light-harvesting complex of photosystem II, to nucleic
acids coding for such phosphatase, and to mutants of such nucleic acids. Moreover,
the present invention relates to plant cells and plants, wherein the activity of said
phosphatase is inhibited; in particular the present invention relates to plant cells
and plants comprising the mutant nucleic acids