Properties of two multifunctional plant fatty acid acetylenase/desaturase enzymes

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2991-2997

  Carlsson, Anders S ^a   Thomaeus, Stefan ^a   Hamberg, Mats ^b   Stymne, Sten ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylenase; Ceratodon purpureus; Crepis sp.; Desaturase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HYDROGEN; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CREPIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRYOPSIDA; CREPIS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT PROTEINS; RADIOISOTOPES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRYOPHYTA; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS; CREPIS; CREPIS ALPINA; CREPIS PALAESTINA; CREPIS SP.; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 3242769880     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04231.x     Document Type: Article

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