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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1996
Martinus Gerardus Maria Aarts, Wageningen, NL;
Andy Pereira, Ede, NL;
Wilhelmus Johannes Stiekema, Wageningen, NL;
Centrum Voor Plantenver-Delings-En Reproduktie-Onderzoek, Droevendaalsesteeg, NL;
Abstract
This invention discloses a DNA fragment encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence depicted in FIG. (SEQ ID NO:5), or a protein substantially homologous therewith and involved in fatty aldehyde decarbonylase activity. Said DNA fragment may have the nucleotide sequence depicted in FIG. (SEQ ID NO:2) or a homologous nucleotide sequence. Further this invention discloses a promoter of said DNA fragment having the nucleotide sequence depicted in FIG. (SEQ ID NO:4). Using said fragments transformed organisms can be produced showing an altered epicuticular wax composition.