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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sean J. Coughlan, Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignee:
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/10 ; C12N 1/529 ; A01H 5/00 ; A01H 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/10 ; C12N 1/529 ; A01H 5/00 ; A01H 5/10 ;
Abstract
Compositions and methods for altering the content of plant seeds are provided. The compositions comprise nucleotide sequences encoding the enzyme acetyl-CoA synthetase. Such compositions find use in increasing the biosynthesis of fatty acids and/or carotenoids in plants. By expressing the sequences utilizing seed-specific promoters, plant seed can be obtained having increased levels of oils, specialty oils, carotenoids, and amino acids.