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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael G. Zwick, Loveland, CO (US);
Brent E. Edington, Boulder, CO (US);
James A. McSwiggen, Boulder, CO (US);
Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Carmel, IN (US);
Lining Guo, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Thomas A. Skokut, Carmel, IN (US);
Scott A. Young, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Otto Folkerts, Carmel, IN (US);
Donald J. Merlo, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding delta 9 desaturase gene, and expression vectors, plant cells, and transgenic plants expressing delta 9 desaturase nucleic acid. The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used, for example, to decrease delta 9 desaturase activity in plant cells, resulting in decreased unsaturated fatty acid production.