Fatty Acid Desaturases: Adaptive Expression and Principles of Regulation

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 458-469

  Los, D A ^a  

^a TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fatty acid desaturases; Gene expression; Membrane fluidity; Membrane lipids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031506826     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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