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Delta-9-elongases and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids

US8049062B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

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

Inventors

Howard Glenn Damude
Brian McGonigle · Wilmington, US
Quinn Qun Zhu · West Chester, US
Zhixiong Xue · Chadds Ford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 2006
Grant date	Nov 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P7/6472
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding delta-9 elongases along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using these delta-9 elongases in plants.

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