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NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES ENCODING TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS REGULATING ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS AND THEIR USE IN MODIFYING PLANT METABOLISM

Publication number: 20140289898

Abstract: Plant metabolism and alkaloid levels can be regulated by transcription factors that regulate the nicotinic alkaloid biosynthetic pathway. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a transcription factor that negatively regulates alkaloid biosynthesis, such as nicotine biosynthesis.

Type: Application

Filed: April 24, 2014

Publication date: September 25, 2014

Applicant: National Research Counicl of Canada

Inventors: Jonathan PAGE, Andrea T. Todd