Patent ID: 6426447
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
A method for obtaining a plant seed having an increased stearate content, said method comprising:growing a transgenic oilseed crop plant species to seed, wherein said plant comprises a recombinant DNA construct integrated into the genome of its cells, said recombinant DNA construct comprising as operably linked in the 5â€² to 3â€² direction, a seed-specific promoter, a nucleic acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:5 to be expressed or transcribed in the antisense orientation in said plant seed, and wherein said oilseed crop plant species is selected from the group consisting of rapeseed, soybean, sunflower and castor bean; harvesting a plant seed having increased stearate content, as compared to the stearate content of seeds from an untransformed parent of said oilseed crop plant species.