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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rebecca E. Cahoon, Wilmington, DE (US);
Anthony J. Kinney, Wilmington, DE (US);
Steven J. Vollmer, Wilmington, DE (US);
Zude Weng, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 3/00 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12N 5/14 ; C12N 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 3/00 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12N 5/14 ; C12N 9/00 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a carotenoid biosynthetic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the carotenoid biosynthetic enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the carotenoid biosynthetic enzyme in a transformed host cell.