US Patent Issued to University of Kentucky Research Foundation on Dec. 16 for "BZIP transcription factors regulate conversion of nicotine to nornicotine" (Kentucky, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,627, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Ky.).

"BZIP transcription factors regulate conversion of nicotine to nornicotine" was invented by Ling Yuan (Lexington, Ky.), Sanjay K. Singh (Lexington, Ky.), Sitakanta Pattanaik (Lexington, Ky.) and Darlene Madeline Lawson (Kernersville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of decreasing conversion of nicotine to nornicotine is provided herein. The methods includes administering at least one basic region/leucine zipper (bZIP) type transcription factor inhibitor to an organism in need thereof. Also provided herein is a method of de...