Cloning and functional expression of a cDNA encoding a metabolic acyl- CoA δ9-desaturase of the cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 435-443

  Liu, Weitian ^a   Ma, Peter W K ^a   Marsella Herrick, Patricia ^a   Rosenfield, Claire Lise ^a   Knipple, Douglas C ^a   Roelofs, Wendell ^a  

^a New York State Agric Exp Stn C ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

11 desaturase; 9 desaturase; Acyl CoA; Functional assay; PCR; RACE; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DELTA-9 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033136712     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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