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

US8119860B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

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

Inventors

Howard Glenn Damude
Quinn Qun Zhu · West Chester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 15, 2008
Grant date	Feb 21, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA23V2002/00
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
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) and using these delta-9 elongases in plants.

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