Plant Metabolic Engineering Lab
Cross section of a sugarcane leaf  stained with Nile Blue A and viewed with a compound fluorescent  microscope. PHB granules are seen a small yellow granules in the  various leaf cell plastids with the high densities in the bundle sheath cells. Photo by Dr. Lars Petrasovits.

Media

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UNT Scientist Grows Plants That Grow Plastic
          By Brian Scott, NBC 5 Denton County Reporter



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Patents

  • Brumbley, S.M. et al. Polyhydroxyalkanoate production in plant peroxisomes PCT/AU2009/001523 23 November 2009 Publication # WO/2010/057271
  • Australian provisional 2008903567 for Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production In Plants filed July 11 2008 (Full patent filed 21 Nov 2009)
  • Australian provisional 2008906035 for Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production In Plant Peroxisomes filed November 21 2008 (Full patent filed 21 Nov 2009)
  • Brumbley, S.M., Chong, B.F., Nielsen, L.K., McQualter, R.B., Petrasovits, L.A., Purnell, M.P. Transgenic plants used as a bioreactor system' International patent (Granted) WO04/006657.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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