Functional expression of the extraplastidial Arabidopsis thaliana oleate desaturase gene (FAD2) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 223-226

  Covello, Patrick Smithers ^a   Reed, Darwin Wilfred ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE DESATURASE; PRIMER DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030138028     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.1.223     Document Type: Article

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