Characterisation of acyl-ACP desaturases from Macadamia integrifolia Maiden and Betche and Nerium oleander L.

Plant Science

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-60

  Gummeson, Per O ^a   Lenman, Marit ^a   Lee, Michael ^b   Singh, Surinder ^c   Stymne, Sten ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Svalof Weibull AB   (Sweden)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acyl ACP desalurase; Macadamia integrifolia; Nerium oleander

Indexed keywords

ACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN DESATURASE; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; PALMITOLEIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; RICINOLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA; NERIUM OLEANDER;

EID: 0034657829     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00268-X     Document Type: Article

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