Highly unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Atlantic salmon: Characterization of ELOVL5- and ELOVL2-like elongases

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 627-639

  Morais, Sofia ^a   Monroig, Oscar ^a   Zheng, Xiaozhong ^a   Leaver, Michael J ^a   Tocher, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; CDNA; Fatty acyl elongase; Genes; Highly unsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS; CDNA; DESATURATION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ELONGASE; FATTY ACYL ELONGASE; FISH OIL; FISH SPECIES; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; NON-MAMMALIAN VERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENETIC COMPARISONS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SALMONIDS; SIMILAR PATTERN; TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINES; CLONING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FATTY ACIDS; FISH; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; LIVER; MEATS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETABLE OILS;

ACIDS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID ELONGASES; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FINFISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INTESTINES; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SALMO SALAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DANIO RERIO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349452139     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-009-9179-0     Document Type: Article

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