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Plant C18:1 preferring thioesterases

US6028247A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateFeb 22, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12P7/6463
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to plant thioesterases, means to identify such proteins, amino acid and nucleic acid sequences associated with such protein, methods to obtain, make and/or use such plant thioesterases. Also, by this invention, the existence of a heretofore unproven factor critical to the biosynthesis of medium-chain fatty acids in plants is demonstrated.

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