Comparative analysis of fatty acid desaturases in cyanobacterial genomes

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Xiaoyuan, Chi ^a,b,c   Yang, Qingli ^a,b,c   Zhao, Fangqing ^a,b   Qin, Song ^a   Yang, Yu ^a,b   Shen, Junjun ^a,b   Lin, Hanzhi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MARINE BACTERIUM; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES HABITAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIONT; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOBACTER VIOLACEUS PCC 7421; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS BP-1;

EID: 58149504183     PISSN: 15316912     EISSN: 15326268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/284508     Document Type: Article

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