Novel fatty acid elongases and their use for the reconstitution of docosahexaenoic acid biosynthesis

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1899-1909

  Meyer, Astrid ^a   Kirsch, Helene ^a   Domergue, Frédéric ^a   Abbadi, Amine ^a   Sperling, Petra ^a   Bauer, Jörg ^b   Cirpus, Petra ^b   Zank, Thorsten K ^b   Moreau, Hervé ^c   Roscoe, Thomas J ^c   Zähringer, Ulrich ^d   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Oncarhynchus mykiss; Ostreococcus tauri; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Thalassiosira pseudonana; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ENZYME; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ELONGASE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID ELONGASES; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MOSS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TECHNIQUE; YEAST;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALGAE; ANIMALS; BRYOPSIDA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; METHODS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS; YEASTS;

EID: 10044269845     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M400181-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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