A novel ω3-fatty acid desaturase involved in the biosynthesis of eicosapentaenoic acid

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 378, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 665-671

  Pereira, Suzette L ^a   Huang, Yung Sheng ^a   Bobik, Emil G ^a   Kinney, Anthony J ^b   Stecca, Kevin L ^b   Packer, Jeremy C L ^a   Mukerji, Pradip ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Desaturase; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fatty acid; Saprolegnia; Transgenic oil

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRITION; ORGANIC ACIDS; TISSUE;

CDNA LIBRARIES; EMBRYOS;

ENZYMES;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OIL; OMEGA FATTY ACID DESATURASE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DNA LIBRARY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAPROLEGNIA DICLINA; SDD17 GENE; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENE; UNTRANSLATED REGION; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SAPROLEGNIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; NEMATODA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAPROLEGNIA; SAPROLEGNIA DICLINA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; EMBRYO; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAPROLEGNIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOYBEANS;

EID: 1642315395     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031319     Document Type: Article

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