Fatty acid biosynthesis in eukaryotic photosynthetic microalgae: Identification of a microsomal delta 12 desaturase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-201

  Chi, Xiaoyuan ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaowen ^a,b   Guan, Xiangyu ^c   Ding, Ling ^a,b   Li, Youxun ^a,b   Wang, Mingqing ^c   Lin, Hanzhi ^a,b   Qin, Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Eukaryotic photosynthetic microalgae; Fatty acid desaturase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FATTY ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MICROSOMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 45249097151     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-007-0223-3     Document Type: Article

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