Identification of a novel δ6-acyl-group desaturase by targeted gene disruption in Physcomitrella patens

Plant Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-48

  Girke, Thomas ^a   Schmidt, Hermann ^b   Zähringer, Ulrich ^c   Reski, Ralf ^d   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Inst Zuchtung LK   (Germany)

^c LG Immunchemie   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CLONING; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME B; DESATURASE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID; GENE DISRUPTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LINOLEIC ACID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0032127686     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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