Structure and expression of fatty acid desaturases

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism

Volumn 1394, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-15

  Los, Dmitry A ^a   Murata, Norio ^b  

^a TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Fatty acid desaturase; Gene expression; Gene regulation; Lipid; Membrane

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ANIMAL; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; YEAST;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; PLANTS; YEASTS;

EID: 0031659941     PISSN: 00052760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2760(98)00091-5     Document Type: Review

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