Moth desaturase characterized that produces both Z and E isomers of Δ11-tetradecenoic acids

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1489-1495

  Liu, Weitian ^a   Jiao, Hongmei ^a   O’Connor, Marion ^a   Roelofs, Wendell L ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

CDNA cloning; E11 desaturase Argyrotaenia velutinana; Functional expression; PYES2; RT PCR; YEpO LEX; Z11 desaturase; Z9 desaturase

Indexed keywords

11 TETRADECENOIC ACID; 11-TETRADECENOIC ACID; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHEROMONE; PRIMER DNA; AMINO ACID; DELTA11 TETRADECENOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DESATURASE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHEROMONES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARGYROTAENIA; ARGYROTAENIA VELUTINANA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0036837498     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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