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Allan Graham Green0
Peter David Nichols0
Stanley Suresh Robert0
Surinder Pal Singh0
Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn0
Xue-Rong Zhou0
James Robertson Petrie0
Date of Patent
December 6, 2011
Patent Application Number
13093252
Date Filed
April 25, 2011
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Patent abstract
The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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