Isolation and characterization of a Δ5 FA desaturase from Pythium irregulare by heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and oilseed crops

Lipids

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 863-868

  Hong, Haiping ^a   Datla, Nagamani ^a   Mackenzie, Samuel L ^b   Qiu, Xiao ^a,b  

^a Bioriginal Food and Science Corporation   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CROPS; DNA; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; TISSUE; YEAST;

PRIMERS;

LIPIDS;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DELTA5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FLAX; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOMYCETES; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PYTHIUM IRREGULARE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSGENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT; PYTHIUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; FUNGI; HOMO; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; OOMYCETES; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM IRREGULARE; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PYTHIUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036757267     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-002-0972-5     Document Type: Article

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