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Desaturases and methods of using them for synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids

  • US 7,402,735 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2004
  • Issued: 07/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A transgenic organism, comprising a cell comprising a first recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a promoter sequence operably linked to a first heterologous nucleic acid molecule that:

  • (a) hybridizes under high-stringency conditions with a nucleic acid probe, the probe comprising a sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO;

    3; and

    (b) encodes a protein having Δ

    8 fatty acid desaturase activity, wherein the transgenic organism is a plant or a yeast.

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