Molecular cloning and stress-dependent expression of a gene encoding δ12-fatty acid desaturase in the Antarctic microalga Chlorella vulgaris NJ-7

Extremophiles

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 875-884

  Lu, Yandu ^a,b,c   Chi, Xiaoyuan ^d   Yang, Qingli ^d   Li, Zhaoxin ^e   Liu, Shaofang ^b,c   Gan, Qinhua ^f   Qin, Song ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^f Shandong Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

12 fatty acid desaturases; Antarctic; Cold stress; High salinity stress

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ALGAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DELTA 12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD TEMPERATURE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 70350626925     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0275-x     Document Type: Article

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