The production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic plants by reverse-engineering

Biochimie

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 785-792

  Napier, Johnathan A ^a   Beaudoin, Frédéric ^a   Michaelson, Louise V ^a   Sayanova, Olga ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Elongase; Nutritional enhancement; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EUGLENA; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINSEED; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PLANT GENETICS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 10044236680     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2004.09.020     Document Type: Short Survey

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