Functional characterization of a plastidial omega-3 desaturase from sunflower (Helianthus annuus) in cyanobacteria

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 517-525

  Venegas Caleron M ^a,c   Muro Pastor, A M ^b   Garces R ^a   Martinez Force E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Cyanobacteria; Fad7; Fatty acid; Helianthus annuus; Heterologous expression; Omega 3 desaturase; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; SUNFLOWER; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HELIANTHUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 33750957714     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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