Cargill obtains United States patent.

Cargill, Incorporated (Minneapolis, MN) has patented a method for preparing nucleic acid fragments encoding fatty acid desaturase enzymes. The invention permits alteration of plant lipid composition. Chimeric genes incorporating mutant delta-12 fatty acid desaturase nucleic acid fragments with suitable regulatory sequences may be used to create transgenic plants with altered levels of unsaturated fatty acids. (US 7,109,392)