Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transgenic plants with altered nitrate levels in leaves
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Application No.: US14386719Application Date: 2013-03-19
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Publication No.: US09708622B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Susan Davenport , Pascaline Le Lay , Juan Pablo Sanchez Tamburinno
- Applicant: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Current Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC
- Priority: GB1204869.0 20120320
- International Application: PCT/GB2013/050708 WO 20130319
- International Announcement: WO2013/140155 WO 20130926
- Main IPC: A01H1/00
- IPC: A01H1/00 ; A01H5/12 ; C12N15/82 ; C07K14/415 ; A24B13/00 ; A24D1/00 ; C12N15/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to genetic constructs, which can be used in the preparation of transgenic plants. The constructs can have the ability of reducing nitrate concentration in the plant, in particular the plant's leaves, and for inducing a senescence-like phenotype. The invention extends to plant cells transformed with such constructs, and to the transgenic plants themselves. The invention also relates to methods of producing transgenic plants, and to methods of reducing nitrate content in plants. The invention also relates to harvested plant leaves, for example tobacco leaves, that have been transformed with the genetic constructs, and to various tobacco articles, such as smoking articles, comprising such harvested plant leaves.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150075548A1 TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ALTERED NITRATE LEVELS IN LEAVES Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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