GREEN ALGAL BESTROPHIN BICARBONATE TRANSPORTERS
Application
US20260078396A1
Kind: A1
Mar 19, 2026
Assignee
Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Inventors
Ananya MUKHERJEE, James V. MORONEY, Chun Sing LAU, Luke C.M. MACKINDER
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to genetically modified plants and/or algae with increased carbon use efficiency as a result of an increased ability for bicarbonate to cross membranes within plant cells. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods of making such plants and/or algae as well as cultivating these genetically modified plants to increase carbon use efficiency and/or growing these genetically modified algae to increase carbon use efficiency.
CPC Classifications
C12N 15/8261
C12N 15/8269
Filing Date
2025-06-26
Application No.
19251381