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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2010
Eran Pichersky, Chelsea, MI (US);
Yoko Iijima, Chiba, JP;
Efraim Lewinsohn, Timrat, IL (US);
David R. Gang, Tucson, AZ (US);
James Simon, Princeton, NJ (US);
Eran Pichersky, Chelsea, MI (US);
Yoko Iijima, Chiba, JP;
Efraim Lewinsohn, Timrat, IL (US);
David R. Gang, Tucson, AZ (US);
James Simon, Princeton, NJ (US);
The Regents Of The University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel type of monoterpene synthase, a key enzyme in the production of the monoterpene aroma compound geraniol. More specifically, the present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences coding for GES from flowers and herbs species, in particular sweet basil, as well as to vectors containing the sequences, to host cells containing the sequences and to methods of producing recombinant GES, its products, and uses thereof.