Identification and functional analysis of the genes encoding Δ6-desaturase from Ribes nigrum†

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1827-1838

  Song, Li Ying ^a,e   Lu, Wan Xiang ^a,b   Hu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Yin, Wei Bo ^a   Chen, Yu Hong ^a   Hao, Shan Ting ^a   Wang, Bai Lin ^c   Wang, Richard R C ^d   Hu, Zan Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Heilongjiang Agriculture Academy   (China)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

6 desaturase; 8 sphingolipid desaturase; Functional analysis; Ribes nigrum; Subcellular localization

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLACK CURRANT; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RIBES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BORAGINACEAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; OENOTHERA; PRIMULA; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; RIBES NIGRUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77951096974     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq051     Document Type: Article

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