Identification of Primula "front-end" desaturases with distinct n-6 or n-3 substrate preferences

Planta

Volumn 224, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1269-1277

  Sayanova, Olga ^a   Haslam, Richard ^a   Venegas Calerón, Mónica ^a   Napier, Johnathan A ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 Desaturation; Desaturase; n 3 Fatty acids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Primula

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMULACEAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FATTY ACID DESATURASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMULA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PRIMULA; PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES; PRIMULA LUTEOLA; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 33751106179     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0306-0     Document Type: Article

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