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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
Jörg Bauer, Limburgerhof, DE;
Xiao Qiu, Saskatoon, CA;
Patricia Vrinten, Saskatoon, CA;
Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., , CA;
BASF Plant Science GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to polynucleotides fromandwhich code for elongases and which can be employed for the recombinant production of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The invention furthermore relates to vectors, host cells and transgenic nonhuman organisms which comprise the polynucleotides according to the invention, and to the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides. The invention furthermore relates to antibodies against the polypeptides according to the invention. Finally, the invention also relates to production processes for the polyunsaturated fatty acids and for oil, lipid and fatty acid compositions and to their use as drugs, cosmetics, foodstuffs, feedstuffs, preferably fish food, or food supplements.