Methods for increasing oleic acid content in seeds from transgenic plants containing a mutant delta 12 desaturase
US7109392B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8247
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding fatty acid desaturase enzymes are described. The invention permits alteration of plant lipid composition. Chimeric genes incorporating mutant delta-12 fatty acid desaturase nucleic acid fragments with suitable regulatory sequences may be used to create transgenic plants with altered levels of unsaturated fatty acids.
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