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Brian McGonigle0
Zhixiong Xue0
Quinn Qun Zhu0
Howard Glenn Damude0
Date of Patent
January 12, 2010
0Patent Application Number
116015640
Date Filed
November 16, 2006
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to Δ9 elongases, which have the ability to convert linoleic acid [18:2, LA] to eicosadienoic acid [20:2, EDA]. Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding Δ9 elongase along with methods of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using these Δ9 elongases in plants and oleaginous yeast are disclosed.
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