Cloning and expression of the δ9 fatty acid desaturase gene from Cryptococcus curvatus ATCC 20509 containing histidine boxes and a cytochrome b5 domain

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 663-667

  Meesters, P A E P ^a   Springer, J ^a   Eggink, G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CYTOCHROME B5; FATTY ACID; HISTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; ENZYME REPRESSION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CYTOCHROMES B5; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CRYPTOCOCCUS CURVATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 0030849656     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050992     Document Type: Article

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