Wax esters in transformed plants
AssigneeCalgene, Inc.
InventorsMichael Lassner, James George Metz
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of producing a wax ester in a plant cell whereby a plant cell having a fatty acyl reductase expressed from a sequence heterologous to said plant is grown in the absence of a wax synthase expressed from a sequence which is heterologous to the plant. The invention also provides plant cells containing wax ester.
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A method of producing a wax ester in a plant cell, wherein said method comprises growing a plant cell comprising a jojoba fatty acyl reductase expressed from a sequence heterologous to said plant cell, wherein said plant cell comprises a fatty acyl substrate of said jojoba fatty acyl reductase.
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