Patents by Inventor Eleni Spyropoulou

Eleni Spyropoulou 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).

  • TRICHOME-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MODULATING TERPENE BIOSYNTHESIS
    Publication number: 20170247713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to identification and isolation of zinc finger transcription factor in tomato that specifically expresses in glandular trichomes of Solanum lycopersicum cultivar Moneymaker and binds to the promoters of the genes encoding Terpene Synthase 5 (also known as Monoterpene Synthase1) and Terpene Synthase 11 (also known as Sesquiterpene Synthase 1). The invention provides the isolated, recombinant or synthetic polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO:2 and variants and fragments thereof. The invention also provides constructs, vectors, host cells and plants genetically modified to contain the polynucleotides of the invention. The methods for producing plants with altered levels of terpenes, including transformed and mutant plants, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Keygene N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Cornelis SCHUURINK, Michael Albertus HARING, Eleni SPYROPOULOU
  • Trichome-specific transcription factor modulating terpene biosynthesis
    Patent number: 9598473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to identification and isolation of zinc finger transcription factor in tomato that specifically expresses in glandular trichomes of Solanum lycopersicum cultivar Moneymaker and binds to the promoters of the genes encoding Terpene Synthase 5 (also known as Monoterpene Synthase 1) and Terpene Synthase 11 (also known as Sesquiterpene Synthase 1). The invention provides the isolated, recombinant or synthetic polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO:2 and variants and fragments thereof. The invention also provides constructs, vectors, host cells and plants genetically modified to contain the polynucleotides of the invention. The methods for producing plants with altered levels of terpenes, including transformed and mutant plants, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Keygene N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Cornelis Schuurink, Michael Albertus Haring, Eleni Spyropoulou
  • TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MODULATING TERPENE BIOSYNTHESIS
    Publication number: 20140173771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to identification and isolation of zinc finger transcription factor in tomato that specifically expresses in glandular trichomes of Solanum lycopersicum cultivar Moneymaker and binds to the promoters of the genes encoding Terpene Synthase 5 (also known as Monoterpene Synthase 1) and Terpene Synthase 11 (also known as Sesquiterpene Synthase 1). The invention provides the isolated, recombinant or synthetic polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO:2 and variants and fragments thereof. The invention also provides constructs, vectors, host cells and plants genetically modified to contain the polynucleotides of the invention. The methods for producing plants with altered levels of terpenes, including transformed and mutant plants, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Cornelis Schuurink, Michael Albertus Haring, Eleni Spyropoulou