Functional identification of a fatty acid Δ5 desaturase gene from Caenorhabditis elegans

FEBS Letters

Volumn 439, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-218

  Michaelson, Louise V ^a   Napier, Johnathan A ^a   Lewis, Mervyn ^a   Griffiths, Gareth ^b   Lazarus, Colin M ^a   Keith Stobart, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Delta five; FAMe, fatty acid methyl ester; Fatty acid desaturase; GC, gas chromatography; GCMS, gas chromatography mass spectroscopy; PCR, polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRECOVIRSEN;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031762404     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01385-4     Document Type: Article

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