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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William D Hitz, Wilmington, DE (US);
Narendra S Yadav, Wilmington, DE (US);
Luis Perez-Grau, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 236 ; 536 231 ; 536 232 ; 935 22 ; 935 23 ; 935 35 ; 935 67 ; 800205 ; 4351723 ; 4351721 ; 435 691 ;
Abstract
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.