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Granted Patent B2
US 7,273,966 · App. 10/741,191 · Granted Sep 25, 2007

Elevation of fatty acid synthase levels in plants

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Patent No.
US 7,273,966
App. No.
10/741,191
Granted
Sep 25, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

This present invention provides a method for increasing fatty acid synthase activity in a plant by expressing a transgenic multifunctional fatty acid synthase (mfFAS) within the plant, wherein the plant is not of the Brassica species. In one embodiment, the present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding mfFAS proteins from various sources for this purpose, and vectors containing same.

Claims (4)

1. A DNA vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a multifunctional fatty acid synthase, wherein the nucleic acid encodes SEQ ID NO:2.

2. The vector of claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid encoding a multifunctional fatty acid synthase comprises SEQ ID NO: 1.

3. A method for expressing a heterologous multifunctional fatty acid synthase in a plant comprising transforming a plant with the vector of claim 1 , resulting in expression of the heterologous multifunctional fatty acid synthase in the plant.

4. A plant comprising the DNA vector of claim 1 encoding a multifunctional fatty acid synthase].

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2008
From: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC; CARGILL, INCORPORATED; RENESSEN
To: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 022012/0792 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2004
From: VOELKER, TONI A.; VAL, DALE L.; SAVAGE, THOMAS J.
To: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 014275/0054 →