Nucleic acid encoding delta-9 desaturase

US6350934B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · US
• Dowelanco · US

Inventors

• Michael Zwick · Madison, US
• Brent E. Edington · Boulder, US
• James McSwiggen · Boulder, US
• Patricia Ann Owens Merlo · Carmel, US
• Lining Guo · Brownsburg, US
• Thomas Skokut · Carmel, US
• Scott A. Young · Midland, US
• Otto Folkerts · Guilford, US
• Donald J. Merlo · Carmel, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 12, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2002
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2310/122
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding delta 9 desaturase gene, and expression vectors, plant cells, and transgenic plants expressing delta 9 desaturase nucleic acid. The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used, for example, to decrease delta 9 desaturase activity in plant cells, resulting in decreased unsaturated fatty acid production.