Patent ID: 7208303
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: C12N,C12Y

Abstract:
1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a nitric oxide synthase, wherein the nucleic acid molecule: (i) comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:5; (ii) comprises a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to SEQ ID NO:5 under high stringency conditions comprising 4–5×SSC/0.1% w/v SDS at 54° C. for 1–3 hours and 4×SSC at 65° C., followed by a washing in 0.1×SSC at 65° C. for about one hour; (iii) comprises a nucleotide sequence that has greater than 95 percent sequence homology to SEQ ID NO:5 ; (iv) comprises a nucleotide sequence that has greater than 95 percent sequence homology to SEQ ID NO:5 and that encodes a nitric oxide synthase comprising a protein or polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:47; or (v) comprises a nucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6.