Tobacco nicotine demethylase genomic clone and uses thereof
US7700851B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8243
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention features tobacco nicotine demethylase nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, tobacco plants and plant components containing such sequences, including tobacco plants and plant components having reduced expression or altered enzymatic activity of nicotine demethylase, methods of use of nicotine demethylase sequences to create plants having altered levels of nornicotine or N′-nitrosonornicotine (“NNN”) or both relative to a control plant, as well as tobacco articles having reduced levels of nornicotine or NNN.
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