Event Name: Vector 21-41
Event Code : not available
Trade Name: not available
Crop: Nicotiana tabacum L. - Tobacco
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Developer:
Vector Tobacco Inc. (USA)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Trait
s
:
Nicotine reduction
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Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Modified Product Quality
Summary of 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 |
* : Selection Marker/Reporter
Summary of 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
Event Description
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Last updated: May 6, 2013