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Polyunsaturated fatty acids in plants

  • US 6,459,018 B1
  • Filed: 06/10/1999
  • Issued: 10/01/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for producing stearidonic acid in a plant seed, said method comprising:

  • growing a plant having integrated into its genome a first DNA construct comprising, in the 5′

    to 3′

    direction of transcription, a promoter functional in a plant seed cell, a DNA sequence encoding a delta-six desaturase, and a transcription termination region functional in a plant cell, and growing said plant under conditions whereby said delta-six desaturase is expressed.

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