Production of gamma-linolenic acid in Pichia pastoris by expression of a delta-6 desaturase gene from Cunninghamella echinulata

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1098-1102

  Wan, Xia ^a   Zhang, Yinbo ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Huang, Fenghong ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Jiang, Mulan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cunninghamella echinulata; Delta 6 fatty acid desaturase; Gamma linolenic acid; Pichia pastoris

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNNINGHAMELLA ECHINULATA; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CUNNINGHAMELLA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICHIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CUNNINGHAMELLA ECHINULATA; PICHIA PASTORIS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

EID: 70849086977     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0902.071     Document Type: Article

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