isolated nucleic acid, cassette and expression vector, cell, plant, progeny, seed, processes to produce a plant, to induce the production of at least one among gamma linolenic acid (gla) or octadecatetraeÈnico acid (ota) in a deficient plant or lacking gla, to decrease the production of a fatty acid synthesis gene or lipid metabolism in a plant, and to co-suppress a native fatty acid synthesis gene or lipid metabolism in a plant.

摘要

"ISOLATED NUCLEIC ACID, CASSETTE AND EXPRESSION VECTOR, CELL, PLANT, PROGENY, SEED, PROCESSES TO PRODUCE A PLANT, TO INDUCE THE PRODUCTION OF AT LEAST ONE LINETIC ACID (GLA) INTO OCTEATIC (OCTIC) OCTIC ACETIC (ACETIC) OCTIC ACETIC (ACETIC) OCTIC. OR LACK OF GLA, TO REDUCE THE PRODUCTION OF A FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS GENE OR LIPID METABOLISM IN A PLANT, AND, TO CO-SUPPRESS A FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS GENE OR NATIVE LIPID METABOLISM IN "NATIVE LIPIDS". The present invention is directed to 5 'regulatory regions of a sunflower albumin gene. The 5 'regulatory regions, when operably linked to either a heterologous gene coding sequence or a complementary sequence to a native gene, direct expression of the coding sequence or complementary sequence in a plant seed. Regulatory regions are usable in expression cassettes and expression vectors for plant transformation. Also provided are processes for modulating levels of a heterologous gene or native plant gene such as a fatty acid synthesis gene or lipid metabolism by transforming a plant with the expression cassettes in question and expression vectors.