Patent · US Expired

Limnanthes oil genes

US7495149B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Edgar Cahoon · Wilmington, US
William D. Hitz · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 27, 2004
Grant date	Feb 24, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 23, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N15/8247
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

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

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