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Title: Isolated menthone reductase and nucleic acid molecules encoding same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1083303

The present invention provides isolated menthone reductase proteins, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding menthone reductase proteins, methods for expressing and isolating menthone reductase proteins, and transgenic plants expressing elevated levels of menthone reductase protein.

Research Organization:
Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, WA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-99ER20212
Assignee:
Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, WA)
Patent Number(s):
8,426,684
Application Number:
11/569,493
OSTI ID:
1083303
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Monoterpene Metabolism. Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Menthone Reductases from Peppermint journal February 2005
Transformation of the limonene synthase gene into peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) and preliminary studies on the essential oil profiles of single transgenic plants journal August 1999
Monoterpene double-bond reductases of the (−)-menthol biosynthetic pathway: isolation and characterization of cDNAs encoding (−)-isopiperitenone reductase and (+)-pulegone reductase of peppermint journal October 2003
Production of an interspecific somatic hybrid between peppermint and gingermint journal March 1996