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Roche Awarded Patent for Carotenoid Production
November 12, 2001
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Roche Awarded Patent for Carotenoid Production
PARSIPPANY, N.J.--Roche Vitamins was awarded U.S. Patent No. 6,291,204 for fermentive carotenoid production. The patent discusses the proteins and DNA sequences that provide an improved biosynthetic pathway from farnesyl pyrophosphate and isopentyl pyrophosphate to various carotenoids, including zeaxanthin, astaxanthin, adonixanthin and canthaxanthin.
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