Basf Plant Science Gmbh

University of California

Thomas Girke

Ernst Heinz

Oswaldo Da Costa E Silva

Ulrich Zähringer

Ralf Reski

Jodi Scheffler

Hermann Schmidt

Sten Stymne

Petra Sperling

Thomas Eulgem

Colleen Marie Knoth

Michael Lee

Ulrich Zaehringer

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.

This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for modulating disease resistance in plants and transgenic plants.

Methods and compositions for providing salicyclic acid-independent pathogen resistance in plants

The present invention relates to a process for preparing unsaturated fatty acids and to a process for preparing triglycerides with an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids. The invention further relates to the use of DNA sequences coding for &#x394;6-acetylenase/&#x394;6-desaturases or &#x394;6-desaturases for producing a transgenic organism, preferably a transgenic plant or a transgenic microorganism with increased content of fatty acids, oils or lipids with &#x394;6 triple bonds and/or &#x394;6 double bonds. The invention additionally relates to an isolated nucleic acid sequence; to an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence, a vector and organisms comprising at least one nucleic acid sequence or expression cassette. The invention additionally relates to unsaturated fatty acids and triglycerides with an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids and the use thereof.

&#x394;6 acetylenase and &#x394;6-desaturase from ceratodon purpureus

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