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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Vector Tobacco Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Inventors:
Anthony P. Albino, New York, NY (US);
Wendy Jin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ellen Jorgensen, South Salem, NY (US);
Assignee:
VECTOR TOBACCO INC., Morrisville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/24 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A24B 15/20 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/20 (2013.01); A24B 15/243 (2013.01); A24B 15/245 (2013.01); C12N 9/00 (2013.01); C12N 15/8243 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments provided herein concern tobacco and tobacco products having a reduced amount of a harmful compound. More specifically, several embodiments concern approaches to modify the expression of a gene that is involved in the production of a harmful compound in tobacco, tobacco products made using these approaches and methods of determining whether the removal of said compounds using said approaches yields a tobacco and/or a tobacco product that has a reduced potential to contribute to a tobacco-related disease.