Patents by Inventor Michal Moyal-Ben-Zvi

Michal Moyal-Ben-Zvi 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).

  • Methods of modulating production of phenylpropanoid compounds in plants
    Patent number: 8735650
    Abstract: A method of enhancing production of a phenylpropanoid compound in a plant or plant cell is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) expressing in the plant or plant cell a heterologous polynucleotide which produces a myb gene of the phenylpropanoid pathway; and (b) contacting the plant or plant cell with at least one substrate of the phenylpropanoid pathway, the substrate being upstream to the production of the phenylpropanoid compound, thereby enhancing the production of a phenylpropanoid compound in the plant or plant cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Vainstein, Michal Moyal-Ben-Zvi, Ben Rimon-Spitzer
  • METHODS OF MODULATING PRODUCTION OF PHENYLPROPANOID COMPOUNDS IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20100319091
    Abstract: A method of enhancing production of a phenylpropanoid compound in a plant or plant cell is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) expressing in the plant or plant cell a heterologous polynucleotide which produces a myb gene of the phenylpropanoid pathway; and (b) contacting the plant or plant cell with at least one substrate of the phenylpropanoid pathway, the substrate being upstream to the production of the phenylpropanoid compound, thereby enhancing the production of a phenylpropanoid compound in the plant or plant cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW
    Inventors: Alexander Vainstein, Michal Moyal-Ben-Zvi, Ben Rimon-Spitzer