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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2015
Applicants:
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Jianli Lu, Cary, NC (US);
Ramsey S. Lewis, Apex, NC (US);
Ralph Dewey, Apex, NC (US);
Lucien Bovet, La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH;
Assignees:
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/24 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/06 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/245 (2013.01); A24B 15/24 (2013.01); C12N 9/0044 (2013.01); C12N 15/8243 (2013.01); C12Y 107/01001 (2013.01); C12Y 107/01002 (2013.01); C12Y 107/01003 (2013.01); C12N 15/00 (2013.01); C12Y 107/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are modified tobacco plants having reduced nitrate levels and tobacco products generated from the modified tobacco plants having reduced tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNAs). Also provided are methods of reducing TSNAs in tobacco products by altering the gene expression of the nitrate assimilation pathway