Patents by Inventor Franciscus Leonardus Hendrikus Menke

Franciscus Leonardus Hendrikus Menke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of modulating metabolite biosynthesis in recombinant cells
    Patent number: 7393946
    Abstract: A method for modulating in a cell the expression of one or more genes involved in the biosynthesis of a metabolite or a precursor for this metabolite by inserting into a cell a nucleotide sequence coding for a transcription factor comprising an AP2 DNA-binding domain, and/or by modifying the expression of a nucleotide sequence coding for such a transcription factor already present in the cell is provided. The method is useful for enhancing the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in plants such as alkaloids including terpenoid indole alkaloids. Also provided is a method for enhancing stress tolerance in plants by the use of such transcription factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Rijksuniversiteit Leiden
    Inventors: Johan Memelink, Cornelia Theodora Elisabeth Van der Fits, Franciscus Leonardus Hendrikus Menke, Jan Willem Kijne