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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshimitsu Takakura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuharu Koga, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Shinjo, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Udagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 1/00 (2006.01); A01H 1/06 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2018.01); C12N 15/01 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01); A01H 5/12 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8283 (2013.01); A01H 1/00 (2013.01); A01H 1/06 (2013.01); A01H 5/00 (2013.01); A01H 5/12 (2013.01); C12N 15/01 (2013.01); C12N 15/113 (2013.01); C12N 15/821 (2013.01); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01); C12N 15/8241 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/13 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01);
Abstract
A virus-resistant tobacco in accordance with the present invention is such that it includes a mutation in a translation initiation factor eIF(iso)4E gene, the mutation causing production of an eIF(iso)4E protein which is non-functional with respect to a virus or suppressing expression of the eIF(iso)4E gene, or a virus-resistant tobacco in accordance with the present invention is such that an expression level of the eIF(iso)4E gene is 20% or lower as compared to a wild type.