Disruption of the fatty acid Δ6-desaturase gene in the oil-producing fungus Mortierella isabellina by homologous recombination

Current Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-134

  Zhang, Xuewei ^a   Li, Mingchun ^a   Wei, Dongsheng ^a   Wang, Xiaomei ^a   Chen, Xue ^a   Xing, Laijun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; HYGROMYCIN B; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GROWTH RATE; MORTIERELLA; MORTIERELLA ISABELLINA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; MORTIERELLA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; UMBELOPSIS ISABELLINA;

EID: 34547109617     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-006-0641-1     Document Type: Article

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