	US 12,270,037 B2
	Compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having altered alkaloid levels with desirable leaf quality via manipulating leaf quality genes
Chengalrayan Kudithipudi, Richmond, VA (US); Rajanikanth Govindarajulu, Richmond, VA (US); Nazmul Bhuiyan, Richmond, VA (US); Raja Payyavula, Richmond, VA (US); Yanxin Shen, Richmond, VA (US); and Dongmei Xu, Richmond, VA (US)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Appl. No. 17/766,786
Filed by ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/055046 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 6, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/072241, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/913,308, filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067977 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01)

CPC C12N 15/8243 (2013.01) [C07K 14/415 (2013.01); C12N 15/1137 (2013.01); C12N 15/8242 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. A modified tobacco plant, or part thereof, comprising a recombinant nucleic acid construct comprising a heterologous constitutive promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide comprising at least 98% identity to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.