Identification of an NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase gene from an arachidonic acid-producing fungus, Mortierella alpina 1S-4, by sequencing of the encoding cDNA and heterologous expression in a fungus, Aspergillus oryzae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3873-3879

  Sakuradani, Eiji ^a   Kobayashi, Michihiko ^a   Shimizu, Sakayu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARGININE; CHOLIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; DNA FRAGMENT; FUNGAL DNA; QUERCETIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SEPHAROSE; SERINE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FUNGI; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032881906     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.3873-3879.1999     Document Type: Article

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