Method of making pathogen-resistant plants by transformation with a fatty acid desaturase gene
US6225528A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8283
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides pathogen-resistant transgenic plants and methods of making the plants. The transgenic plants display enhanced resistance to a variety of fungal, bacterial and viral plant pathogens due to expression of a gene that increases the unsaturated fatty acid content of the plant's cells, as compared with an equivalent, but non-transformed plant. The preferred embodiment of the invention is a plant expressing a heterologous .DELTA.-9 desaturase gene from yeast, which particularly increases cytosolic quantities of 16:1, 16:2 and 18:1 fatty acids.
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