E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Calgene Corporation

Luis Perez-Grau

William Dean Hitz

Narendra S Yadav

Anthony John Kinney

Jonathan E Lightner

John Joseph Okuley

Kevin E McBride

David M Stalker

Julie R Pear

Novel DNA constructs are provided which may be used as molecular probes or inserted into a plant host to provide for modification of transcription of a DNA sequence of interest in cotton fiber, particularly in very early fiber development. The DNA constructs comprise a cotton fiber transcriptional initiation regulatory region associated with a gene which is expressed in cotton fiber.

Cotton fiber transcriptional factors

The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding fatty acid desaturase enzymes are described. The invention permits alteration of plant lipid composition. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments with suitable regulatory sequences may be used to create transgenic plants with altered levels of unsaturated fatty acids.

Genes for microsomal delta-12 fatty acid desaturases and related enzymes from plants

Genes for microsomal delta-12 fatty acid desaturases and hydroxylases from plants

The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding soybean seed stearoyl-ACP desaturase enzyme or its precursor to modify plant oil composition are described. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences may be utilized to transform plants to control the levels of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.

Nucleotide sequence of soybean stearoyl-ACP desaturase gene

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Davis, CA, United States of America

Luis Perez-Grau