Two low-temperature-inducible chlorella genes for Δ12 and ω-3 fatty acid desaturase (FAD): Isolation of Δ12 and ω-3 fad cDNA clones,… expression of Δ12 fad in saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Expression of ω-3 fad in nicotiana tabacum

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1314-1327

  Suga, Koushirou ^a,b   Honjoh, Ken Ichi ^a   Furuya, Naoki ^a   Shimizu, Hideyuki ^a   Nishi, Koutarou ^a   Shinohara, Fuminori ^a   Hirabaru, Yoshie ^a   Maruyama, Isao ^b   Miyamoto, Takahisa ^a   Hatano, Shoji ^c   Iio, Masayoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NISHIKYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cdna cloning; Chlorella vulgaris C 27; Fatty acid desaturase; Freezing tolerance; Hardening induced gene

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; ENZYMOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TEMPERATURE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHLORELLA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE; TOBACCO;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036615280     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1314     Document Type: Article

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