Expression of Δ6, Δ5 desaturase and GLELO elongase genes from Mortierella alpina for production of arachidonic acid in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] seeds

Plant Science

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 399-406

  Chen, Ren ^a   Matsui, Keisuke ^a   Ogawa, Miyuki ^a   Oe, Mieko ^a   Ochiai, Misa ^a   Kawashima, Hiroshi ^a   Sakuradani, Eiji ^b   Shimizu, Sakayu ^b   Ishimoto, Masao ^c   Hayashi, Makoto ^d   Murooka, Yoshikatsu ^d   Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Fatty acid desaturase and elongase; Gene transformation; Mortierella alpina; Soybean; Very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CROPS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARACHIDONIC ACID; FATTY-ACID DESATURASE AND ELONGASE; GENE TRANSFORMATIONS; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; SOYBEANS; VERY LONG-CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANTS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SOY BEANS;

FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; MORTIERELLA ALPINA;

EID: 29244437851     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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