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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:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terry L. Thomas, College Station, TX (US);
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie, Lyons Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 ; C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/509 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 ; C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/509 ;
Abstract
Linoleic acid is converted into &ggr;-linolenic acid by the enzyme &Dgr;6-desaturase. The present invention is directed to isolated nucleic acids comprising the &Dgr;6-desaturase gene. More particularly, the isolated nucleic acid comprises the promoter, coding region and termination regions of the &Dgr;6-desaturase gene. The present invention provides recombinant constructions comprising the &Dgr;6-desaturase coding region in functional combination with heterologous regulatory sequences. The nucleic acids and recombinant constructions of the instant invention are useful in the production of GLA in transgenic organisms.