Biochemical and molecular characterizaton of house cricket (Acheta domesticus, Orthoptera: Gryllidae) Δ9 desaturase

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1731-1740

  Riddervold, M H ^a   Tittiger, C ^a   Blomquist, G J ^a   Borgeson, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acheta domesticus; Desaturase; Fatty acid biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GRYLLIDAE; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; DIPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0036891454     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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