A modified n-3 fatty acid desaturase gene from Caenorhabditis briggsae produced high proportion of DHA and DPA in transgenic mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 717-725

  Zhu, Guiming ^a,b   Chen, Hongxing ^a   Wu, Xiaojie ^a   Zhou, Yanrong ^a   Lu, Jianshen ^a   Chen, Hong ^c   Deng, Jixian ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lipids analysis; n 3 fatty acid desaturase gene; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FAT 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; FAT-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HAMSTER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 46649085656     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-008-9171-x     Document Type: Article

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