Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide alters fat – fatty oil – ester-type wax – or...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-26
2005-04-26
McElwain, Elizabeth F. (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide alters fat, fatty oil, ester-type wax, or...
C435S069100, C435S134000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06884921
ABSTRACT:
Recombinant expression of fat-1 gene ofCaenorhabditis elegansin a wide variety of cells, including cells ofArabidopsis thalianaandSaccharomyces cerevisiae, produces a polypeptide having ω-3 desaturase activity.
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Browse John A.
Spychalla James P.
Klarquist & Sparkman, LLP
McElwain Elizabeth F.
Washington State University Research Foundation
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