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William D. Hitz, Wilmington, DE US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080209596PLANT SUGAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS - This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a sugar transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the sugar transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the sugar transport protein in a transformed host cell.08-28-2008
20080220143Production of Very Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Oil Seed Plants - Oilseed plants which have been transformed to produce at least 8.0% arachidonic acid (ARA) as well as uses of oils and seeds obtained from such transformed plants in a variety of food and feed applications are described.09-11-2008
20090013432PLASTIDIC PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE GENES - This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a plastidic phosphoglucomutase protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the plastidic phosphoglucomutase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the plastidic phosphoglucomutase in a transformed host cell.01-08-2009
20090138992LIMNANTHES OIL GENES - This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an enzyme involved in lipid biosynthesis. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the enzyme involved in lipid biosynthesis, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the enzyme involved in lipid biosynthesis in a transformed host cell.05-28-2009
20090203142NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES OF A NEW CLASS OF DIVERGED DELTA-9 STEAROYL-ACP DESATURASE GENES - An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase is disclosed. Also the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase is disclosed, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase in a transformed host cell.08-13-2009
20100029489SUCROSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS - This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a sucrose transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the sucrose transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the sucrose transport protein in a transformed host cell.02-04-2010
20100043098PLANT RAFFINOSE SACCHARIDE BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES - This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a galactinol synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the galactinol synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the galactinol synthase in a transformed host cell.02-18-2010

Patent applications by William D. Hitz, Wilmington, DE US

William Dean Hitz, Wilmington, DE US

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20090293149METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CALENDIC ACID, A FATTY ACID CONTAINING DELTA 8,10,12 CONJUGATED DOUBLE BONDS AND RELATED FATTY ACIDS HAVING A MODIFICATION AT THE DELTA 9 POSITION - The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding plant fatty acid modifying enzymes associated with modification of the delta-9 position of fatty acids, in particular, formation of conjugated double bonds are disclosed. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles. The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding plant fatty acid modifying enzymes associated with formation of a trans delta-12 double bond also are disclosed. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles.11-26-2009