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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2000
Jonathan Edward Lightner, Mulino, OR (US);
John Joseph Okuley, Columbus, OH (US);
William Dean Hitz, Wilmington, DE (US);
Anthony John Kinney, Wilmington, DE (US);
Luis Perez-grau, Davis, CA (US);
Narendra S. Yadav, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Jonathan Edward Lightner, Mulino, OR (US);
John Joseph Okuley, Columbus, OH (US);
William Dean Hitz, Wilmington, DE (US);
Anthony John Kinney, Wilmington, DE (US);
Luis Perez-Grau, Davis, CA (US);
Narendra S. Yadav, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding fatty acid desaturase enzymes are described. The invention permits alteration of plant lipid composition. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments with suitable regulatory sequences may be used to create transgenic plants with altered levels of unsaturated fatty acids.