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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Vesna Katavic, Vancouver, CA;
Elzbieta Mietkiewska, Edmonton, CA;
David C. Taylor, Saskatoon, CA;
Yiming Guo, Saskatoon, CA;
Jennifer M. Brost, Saskatoon, CA;
Vesna Katavic, Vancouver, CA;
Elzbieta Mietkiewska, Edmonton, CA;
David C. Taylor, Saskatoon, CA;
Yiming Guo, Saskatoon, CA;
Jennifer M. Brost, Saskatoon, CA;
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, unknown;
Abstract
This invention relates to nucleic acid sequences coding for aorfatty acid elongase, yeast cells expressing the genes/enzymes, plants themselves and cells of such plants and seeds which contain a heterologous gene coding for aorfatty acid elongase gene, the plant or seed being capable of producing increased proportion of a very long chain monounsaturated fatty acid, especially nervonic acid and eicosenoic acid, beyond that of a control plant or seed lacking the heterologous FAE gene or genes.