Nucleic acid compositions conferring altered metabolic characteristics

US7635798B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC · US

Inventors

• Thaddeus Weglarz · Noblesville, US
• Daniel Gachotte · Indianapolis, US
• Beth Blakeslee · Indianapolis, US
• Ignacio M. Larrinua · Indianapolis, US
• David McCrery · Lake Jackson, US
• Randy J. Pell · Midland, US
• J. Vincent B. Oriedo · Midland, US
• Barbara A. Miller · Midland, US
• Avutu S. Reddy · Carmel, US
• Vipula Shukla · Indianapolis, US
• Rodney Crosley · Indianapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2002
• Grant date: Dec 22, 2009
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8243
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention encompasses the identification and isolation genes and gene fragments that confer altered metabolic characteristics in Nicotiana benthamiana plants, when expressed using GENEWARE™ viral vectors. These genes are derived from a variety of sources. Expression of these genes resulted in alterations of the levels of at least one of the following metabolites: acids, fatty acids, amino acids and related compounds, branched fatty acids, carbohydrates, hydrocarbons, alkaloids and other bases, esters, glycerides, phenols and related compounds, alcohols, alkenes and alkynes, sterols, oxygenated terpenes, and other isoprenoids, and ketones and quinones.