Basf Plant Science Gmbh

Jodi Scheffler

Oswaldo Da Costa E Silva

Ernst Heinz

Ulrich Zähringer

Ralf Reski

Thomas Girke

Hermann Schmidt

The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of unsaturated fatty acids and to a process for the preparation of triglycerides with an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids. The invention relates to the generation of transgenic microorganism, with an increased content of fatty acids, oils or lipids with &#x394;6 double bonds owing to the expression of a moss &#x394;6-desaturase. The invention furthermore relates to transgenic organisms comprising a &#x394;6-desaturase gene, and to the use of unsaturated fatty acids ort of the triglycerides with an increased content if unsaturated fatty acids prepared in the process.

Plants expressing &#x394;6-desaturase genes and oils from these plants containing PUFAS and method for producing unsaturated fatty acids

The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of unsaturated fatty acids and to a process for the preparation of triglycerides with an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids. The invention relates to the generation of transgenic organism, preferably of a transgenic plant or of a transgenic microorganism, with an increased content of fatty acids, oils or lipids with &#x394;6 double bonds owing to the expression of a moss &#x394;-6-desaturase [sic]. The invention furthermore relates to transgenic organisms comprising a &#x394;6-desaturase gene, and to the use of the unsaturated fatty acids or of the triglycerides with an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids prepared in the process.

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Stoneville, MS, United States of America

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