Patent · US Expired

Membrane-bound desaturases

US6864077B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Inventors

Edgar Cahoon · Wilmington, US
Rebecca E. Cahoon · Webster Groves, US
William D. Hitz · Wilmington, US
Anthony J. Kinney · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 2, 1999
Grant date	Mar 8, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N9/0083
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a delta-6 desaturase or sphingolipid desaturase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the delta-6 desaturase or sphingolipid desaturase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the delta-6 desaturase or sphingolipid desaturase in a transformed host cell.

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