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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2005
Petra Cirpus, Mannheim, DE;
Jörg Bauer, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Xiao Qiu, Saskatoon, CA;
Guohai Wu, Saskatoon, CA;
Nagamani Datla, Saskatoon, CA;
Petra Cirpus, Mannheim, DE;
Jörg Bauer, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Xiao Qiu, Saskatoon, CA;
Guohai Wu, Saskatoon, CA;
Nagamani Datla, Saskatoon, CA;
BASF Plant Science GmbH, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the seed of transgenic plants by introducing, into the organism, nucleic acids which encode polypeptides with a ω3-desaturase, Δ12-desaturase, Δ6-desaturase, Δ6-elongase, Δ5-desaturase, Δ5-elongase and/or Δ4-desaturase activity. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules comprising the nucleic acid sequences which encode the aforementioned polypeptides, either jointly or individually, and transgenic plants which comprise the aforementioned recombinant nucleic acid molecules. Furthermore, the invention relates to the generation of a transgenic plant and to oils, lipids and/or fatty acids with an elevated content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid, as the result of the expression of the elongases and desaturases used in the process according to the invention.