Mutagenesis and heterologous expression in yeast of a plant Δ6-fatty acid desaturase

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 360, 2001, Pages 1581-1585

  Sayanova, Olga ^a   Beaudoin, Frédéric ^a   Libisch, Balázs ^a,b   Castel, Aude ^a,c   Shewry, Peter R ^a   Napier, Johnathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

'front end' desaturation; Borage; Microsomal fatty acid desaturase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; MEMBRANES; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION;

YEAST;

EID: 0034940006     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/52.360.1581     Document Type: Article

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