Delta-9 fatty acid desaturase gene containing a carboxyl-terminal cytochrome b5 domain from the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Current Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-170

  Itoh, Ryuuichi ^a   Toda, Kyoko ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Takano, Hiroyoshi ^a   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanidioschyzon merolae; Cytochrome b5; Delta 9 fatty acid desaturase; Red alga

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CYTOCHROME B5; GENE PRODUCT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RED ALGA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME;

ALGAE, RED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROMES B5; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOPERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031980450     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050323     Document Type: Article

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