Nicotiana nucleic acid molecules and uses thereof
AssigneeU.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
InventorsDongmei Xu, Mark T. Nielsen
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Abstract
The present invention features Nicotiana nucleic acid sequences such as sequences encoding constitutive, or ethylene or senescence induced polypeptides, in particular cytochrome p450 enzymes, in Nicotiana plants and methods for using these nucleic acid sequences and plants to alter desirable traits, for example by using breeding protocols.
Claims21
(canceled)
A method of producing a tobacco product comprising:
- a) providing cured plant material from a Nicotiana tabacum plant having a mutation in an endogenous nucleic acid, the wild type endogenous nucleic acid having the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 192;
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- b) manufacturing a tobacco product using said cured plant material.
A tobacco product comprising cured plant material from a Nicotiana tabacum plant having a mutation in an endogenous nucleic acid, the wile type endogenous nucleic acid having the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 192.
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