US Patent Issued to British American Tobacco on Oct. 28 for "Method of modulating the alkaloid content of a plant" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,697, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to British American Tobacco Ltd. (London).

"Method of modulating the alkaloid content of a plant" was invented by Sara Ben Khaled (London) and Francisco Anastacio De Abreu E Lima (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for modulating the alkaloid content of a plant (e.g. a tobacco plant), the method comprising modifying said plant by modulating the activity or expression of at least one protein kinase. The present invention also provides for the use of at least protein kinase gene for modulating the alkaloid content of a plant, as well as tobacco cells, plant...