Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part – per se
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-29
2005-11-29
Bui, Phuong T. (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part, per se
C435S006120, C435S069100, C435S468000, C435S419000, C435S252300, C435S320100, C435S183000, C530S370000, C536S023600, C800S278000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06969785
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a sterol metabolism enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the sterol metabolism enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the sterol metabolism enzyme in a transformed host cell.
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Famodu Omolayo O.
Orozco, Jr. Emil M.
Bui Phuong T.
Morgan & Finnegan L.L.P.
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