US Patent Issued to TOBACCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CAAS, Wuhan Tianwen Biotechnology on Jan. 13 for "Use of ZLMYB1 and ZLMYB2 genes from Zizania latifolia in increasing anthocyanidin content of rice seed" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,839, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOBACCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CAAS (Qingdao, China) and Wuhan Tianwen Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (Wuhan, China).

"Use of ZLMYB1 and ZLMYB2 genes from Zizania latifolia in increasing anthocyanidin content of rice seed" was invented by Ning Yan (Qingdao, China), Qianqian Qi (Qingdao, China), Yali Li (Qingdao, China), Xi Chen (Qingdao, China), Wanhong Li (Qingdao, China), Yanning Xie (Qingdao, China), Yongmei Du (Qingdao, China), Hongbo Zhang (Qingdao, China) and Zhongfeng Zhang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of plant genetic engine...