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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:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Sol Green, Auckland, NZ;
Ellen Friel, Auckland, NZ;
Lesley Beuning, Huapai, NZ;
Elspeth Macrae, Mt. Albert, NZ;
Adam Matich, Palmerston North, NZ;
Inventors:
Sol Green, Auckland, NZ;
Ellen Friel, Auckland, NZ;
Lesley Beuning, Huapai, NZ;
Elspeth Macrae, Mt. Albert, NZ;
Adam Matich, Palmerston North, NZ;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a multifunctional germacrene-D synthase and a polynucleotide encoding it. Included also are genetic constructs, transgenic organisms, plant selection methods and biofermentation methods. The enzyme may be used to prepare germacrene-D and/or other sesquiterpenes such as germacrene-D, delta-cadinene, gamma-cadinene, gamma-muurolene, gamma-elemene, delta-elemene, elemol or germacrene-B.