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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
James Robertson Petrie, Bywong, AU;
Thomas Vanhercke, O'Connor, AU;
Pushkar Shrestha, Dunlop, AU;
Oing Liu, Giralang, AU;
Surinder Pal Singh, Downer, AU;
James Robertson Petrie, Bywong, AU;
Thomas Vanhercke, O'Connor, AU;
Pushkar Shrestha, Dunlop, AU;
Oing Liu, Giralang, AU;
Surinder Pal Singh, Downer, AU;
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, Campbell, AU;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of producing lipids. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of increasing the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in a transgenic organism or part thereof. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of an acyltransferase, for example, a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase (MGAT) to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in plants, plant seed and/or leaves, algae and fungi.