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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eran Pichersky, Chelsea, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C07H / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 691 ; 435243 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 435410 ; 536 236 ; 800205 ;
Abstract
A purified S-linalool synthase polypeptide from Clarkia breweri is disclosed as is the recombinant polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptide. Also disclosed are antibodies immunoreactive with the purified peptide and with recombinant versions of the polypeptide. Methods of using the nucleic acid sequences, as well as methods of enhancing the smell and the flavor of plants expressing the nucleic acid sequences are also disclosed.