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US 5,668,295 AGranted
Protein involved in nicotine synthesis, DNA encoding, and use of sense and antisense DNAs corresponding thereto to affect nicotine content in transgenic tobacco cells and plants
AssigneePhilip Morris Incorporated
InventorsSamir Z. Wahab, Vedpal S. Malik
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Abstract
Nicotine acid sequences encoding a tobacco protein involved in nicotine synthesis are described. These sequences, when inserted in to sense or anti-sense orientation, affect nicotine synthesis in transgenic tobacco plants.
Claims18
An isolated DNA molecule comprising:
- the nucleotide sequence of (SEQ ID NO:17);
- or
- a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence identical to an amino acid sequence encoded by SEQ ID NO:17.
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