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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Toni A. Voelker, Davis, CA (US);
Dale L. Val, Woodland, CA (US);
Thomas J. Savage, Sacramento, CA (US);
Inventors:
Toni A. Voelker, Davis, CA (US);
Dale L. Val, Woodland, CA (US);
Thomas J. Savage, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/14 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This present invention provides a method for increasing fatty acid synthase activity in a plant by expressing a transgenic multifunctional fatty acid synthase (mfFAS) within the plant, wherein the plant is not of thespecies. In one embodiment, the present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding mfFAS proteins from various sources for this purpose, and vectors containing same.