Expression of a cyanobacterial Δ6-desaturase gene results in γ-linolenic acid production in transgenic plants

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 639-642

  Reddy, Avutu S ^a,b   Thomas, Terry L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Novel plant lipids; Octadecatetraenoic add; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SPERMATOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029917333     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0596-639     Document Type: Article

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