Modification of vegetable oils using desaturase
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1. A plant seed comprising DNA encoding yeast delta-9 desaturase and means for expressing said DNA in said plant seed.
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Plant seed having yeast delta-9 desaturase gene therein, preferably in association with a suitable promoter and termination sequence. A method for modifying the fatty acid content of seed oil, by transforming seed with yeast delta-9 desaturase.
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- 1. A plant seed comprising DNA encoding yeast delta-9 desaturase and means for expressing said DNA in said plant seed.
- 11. A method for providing a modified fatty acid content of the seed oil of a plant seed, said method comprising the step of providing a transgenic plant seed comprising DNA encoding yeast delta-9 desaturase, wherein said DNA is expressed, whereby the fatty acid content is modified relative to the seed oil of non-transgenic plant seed.
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