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US 2026/0218221 A1Published application
Methods and compositions for regulating alkaloids in tobacco
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsChengalrayan KUDITHIPUDI, Rajanikanth GOVINDARAJULU, Raja S. PAYYAVULA
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to tobacco plants, plant parts, seeds, compositions, and methods related to modulating the expression of novel genes in tobacco to regulate alkaloid levels.
Claims21
-123. (canceled)
A modified tobacco plant, or part thereof, comprising at least one non-natural mutation in an endogenous nucleic acid sequence, wherein the endogenous nucleic acid sequence encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:
- 117, and wherein the at least one non-natural mutation results in a reduced level of activity by the polypeptide as compared to a control tobacco plant lacking the at least one non-natural mutation when grown under comparable conditions.
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