Patent ID: 11939614
Assignee: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 6:
7. A process of altering the level of a cannabinoid compound in a cannabis plant, cannabis cell or cannabis tissue comprising introducing a nucleic acid molecule into said cannabis plant, cannabis cell or cannabis tissue using a RNAi construct, amiRNA, VIGS virus, antisense oligonucleotide, a targeted mutagenesis construct or using Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes (TILLING) wherein the nucleic acid molecule or TILLING inhibits expression of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 3, or a part thereof, to silence a gene that encodes an enzyme with polyketide cyclase activity that catalyzes synthesis of an aromatic polyketide.