Polyunsaturated fatty acids: Biotechnology

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-93

  Warude, Dnyaneshwar ^a   Joshi, Kalpana ^a   Harsulkar, Abhay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University   (India)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentanoic acid; Elongase; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

DESATURASE; ELONGASE GENES; HUMAN HEALTH; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ELONGASE; ENZYME; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; OLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AGRICULTURE; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; HUMAN; LINSEED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOBACCO;

3-OXOACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENOYL-COA HYDRATASE; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FUNGI; HUMANS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33745713489     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550600697479     Document Type: Review

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