ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,057, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).
"Methods for modifying plastid genomes" was invented by Xudong Ye (Chesterfield, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods for plastid genome editing and development of plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising edited plastid genomes. Compositions for transformation of plastid genomes are further provided. Specifically, the plastid genome is modified to comprise the replacement of a targeted endogenous plastid genome sequence with a modified version of the target plastid sequence, where the modified plastid genome sequence has been...