Progress toward the production of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic plants

Lipids

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1067-1075

  Napier, Johnathan A ^a   Sayanova, Olga ^a   Qi, Baoxiu ^b,c   Lazarus, Colin M ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FISH OILS; MARINE FISH STOCKS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

FATTY ACIDS;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 12344328374     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-004-1332-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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