Event Name: Vector 21-41
Event Code : not available
Trade Name: not available
Crop: Nicotiana tabacum L. - Tobacco
Developer: Vector Tobacco Inc. (USA)
Method of Trait Introduction: Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Traits: Nicotine reduction , Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait: (Singular) Modified Product Quality
Basic Genetic Modification
| Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
| NtQPT1 (antisense) | Nicotiana tabacum | antisense RNA of quinolinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase (QPTase) gene; no functional QPTase enzyme is produced | suppresses the transcription of the QPTase gene, thereby reducing the production of nicotinic acid, a precursor for nicotine |
| nptII * | Escherichia coli Tn5 transposon | neomycin phosphotransferase II enzyme | allows transformed plants to metabolize neomycin and kanamycin antibiotics during selection |
Regulatory Approvals: Country, Year and Type of Approval
| Country | Food direct use or processing |
Feed direct use or processing |
Cultivation domestic or non-domestic use |
| United States |
Last updated: August 10, 2012
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